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.
BILLY JOELI 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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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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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
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Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
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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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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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In hell there’s a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never opened. No phone so you can’t call home, and the TV works, but the clicker is broken.
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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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We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
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