Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
BILLY JOELVideos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
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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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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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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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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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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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Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
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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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