I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
BILLY JOELMusicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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You can linger too long in your dreams.
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
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I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here’s a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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I don’t belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that’s what’s kept me grounded because I know it’s not right.
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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Nobody who ever becomes big comes back here.” And I felt so sad for this kid, he seemed so bitter about it. I said, “Well, I’m coming back, no matter what.”
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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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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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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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I am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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In every heart there is a room, a sanctuary safe and strong, to heal the wounds from lovers past, until a new one comes along…
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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