I can’t remember faces, don’t remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.
BILLY JOELThey say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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This is the time to remember cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold onto cause we won’t although we’ll want to.
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In an age of incompetence, I’ve been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That’s my job.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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When I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
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As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.
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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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Only the good die young.
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There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
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I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
BILLY JOEL