If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
BILLY JOELI am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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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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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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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
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You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.
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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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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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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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Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
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I’m in a New York state of mind
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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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It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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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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