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.
BILLY JOELI really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
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I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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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.
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I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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I’m in a New York state of mind
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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Artist – musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
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Hope you don’t think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I’m a piano player. I’m already unplugged.
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Well we’re waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
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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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Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known. And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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Call you up in the middle of the night. It’s awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
BILLY JOEL