Don’t go changing to try and please me You never let me down before Don’t imagine you’re too familiar And I don’t see you anymore I would not leave you in times of trouble
BILLY JOELWhat if she figures out you’re not very smart?
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I’m in a New York state of mind
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
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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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You’re having a hard time and lately you don’t feel so good; You’re getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood. It’s alright, it’s alright.
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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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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for
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I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too.
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You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that’s trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
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