Well we’re waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
BILLY JOELAnd you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
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In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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There was an edge of, ‘Go away kid, you’re bothering me’. I’ve kicked myself a million times since. I could’ve discovered Whitney Houston.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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Call you up in the middle of the night. It’s awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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Though you can see when you’re wrong, you know you can’t always see when you’re right.
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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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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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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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There’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
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