I’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.
BILLY JOELI don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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People in music lie, but they don’t expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
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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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You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too.
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
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If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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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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It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
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If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
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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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