There was an edge of, ‘Go away kid, you’re bothering me’. I’ve kicked myself a million times since. I could’ve discovered Whitney Houston.
BILLY JOELI’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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Artist – musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
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I don’t belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that’s what’s kept me grounded because I know it’s not right.
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
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Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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So many faces in and out of my life Some will last Some will be just now and then. Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again.
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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.
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I keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That’s all right, my love, ’cause you’re my home.
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