If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
BILLY JOELThere’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
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Only the good die young.
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You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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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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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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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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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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So I would choose to be with you. That’s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too. And you can have this heart to break. And so it goes, and so it goes. And you’re the only one who knows.
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I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
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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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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I’ve been looking for.
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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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