Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
BILLY JOELI don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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We never could have come this far I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times I’ll take you just the way you are Don’t go trying some new fashion Don’t change the color of your hair. […] I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
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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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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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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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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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I can’t remember faces, don’t remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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