Someday we’ll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that’s how you and I will be
BILLY JOELIn an age of incompetence, I’ve been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That’s my job.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I’ve been looking for.
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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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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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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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There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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Know what you love and do what you love. If you don’t do what you love, you’re just wasting your time.
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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Most people you’d tell “I’m gonna be a musician,” they’d say, “you’re crazy, you’re gonna starve, you’re gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you’ll never make it, there’s too much competition.
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