Someday we’ll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that’s how you and I will be
BILLY JOELYou’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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Most people you’d tell “I’m gonna be a musician,” they’d say, “you’re crazy, you’re gonna starve, you’re gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you’ll never make it, there’s too much competition.
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There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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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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I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there’s a mass influx from one place, that’s when it becomes problematic for Americans.
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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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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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