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.
BILLY JOELWe are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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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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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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It should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
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I would not leave you in your times of trouble. 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.
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It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
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You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
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You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
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