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.’
BILLY JOELWhat if she figures out you’re not very smart?
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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Nobody who ever becomes big comes back here.” And I felt so sad for this kid, he seemed so bitter about it. I said, “Well, I’m coming back, no matter what.”
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I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
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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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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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I am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
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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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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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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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This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we’re on the verge of all things new.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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