I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
BILLY JOELIn every heart there is a room, a sanctuary safe and strong, to heal the wounds from lovers past, until a new one comes along…
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
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Well we’re waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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So before we end And then begin We’ll drink a toast to how it’s been A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets A few more times that I can say, I’ve loved these days.
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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There’s an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, ‘Son, can you play me a memory?
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If it seems like I’ve been lost in ‘lets remember’, If it seems I’m gettin’ older and missin’ my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.
BILLY JOEL






