Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
BILLY JOELI’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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I’m in a New York state of mind
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There was an edge of, ‘Go away kid, you’re bothering me’. I’ve kicked myself a million times since. I could’ve discovered Whitney Houston.
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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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So before we end And then begin We’ll drink a toast to how it’s been A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets A few more times that I can say, I’ve loved these days.
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I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems
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Someday we’ll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that’s how you and I will be
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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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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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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I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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