Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
BILLY JOELLife is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
More Billy Joel Quotes
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In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
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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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Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That’s all right, my love, ’cause you’re my home.
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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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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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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
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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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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
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Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
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I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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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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