Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
BILLY JOELI sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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I’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here’s a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
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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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I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
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Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
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We’re on the verge of all things new.
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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We never could have come this far I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times I’ll take you just the way you are Don’t go trying some new fashion Don’t change the color of your hair. […] I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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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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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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There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
BILLY JOEL