You can linger too long in your dreams.
BILLY JOELOnly the good die young.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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Don’t go changing to try and please me You never let me down before Don’t imagine you’re too familiar And I don’t see you anymore I would not leave you in times of trouble
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There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
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I’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
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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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As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
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In every heart there is a room, a sanctuary safe and strong, to heal the wounds from lovers past, until a new one comes along…
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You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
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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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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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There’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
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Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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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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I was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
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And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
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You’re having a hard time and lately you don’t feel so good; You’re getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood. It’s alright, it’s alright.
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I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
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I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
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Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
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