I don’t belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that’s what’s kept me grounded because I know it’s not right.
BILLY JOELThere’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
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I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
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Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
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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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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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I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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Sing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling all right.
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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 watched the mighty skyline fall
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Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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I’m a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
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