You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
BILLY JOELMusicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
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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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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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I haven’t met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I’m discontented about that. I’m angry with myself. I have regrets.
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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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So many faces in and out of my life Some will last Some will be just now and then. Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again.
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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If it seems like I’ve been lost in ‘lets remember’, If it seems I’m gettin’ older and missin’ my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.
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You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
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Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
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I’m a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
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