You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
BILLY JOELDon’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
More Billy Joel Quotes
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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Usually when I’m writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.
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In hell there’s a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never opened. No phone so you can’t call home, and the TV works, but the clicker is broken.
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Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
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I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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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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I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
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We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
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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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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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You’ve got your passion. You’ve got your pride. But don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true.
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I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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