I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
BILLY JOELYou can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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I haven’t met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I’m discontented about that. I’m angry with myself. I have regrets.
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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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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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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
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I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
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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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When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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This is the time to remember cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold onto cause we won’t although we’ll want to.
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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