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.
BILLY JOELYou only beat me if you get me to hate.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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I’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
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Only the good die young.
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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems
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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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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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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…
BILLY JOEL







