It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There’s an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, ‘Son, can you play me a memory?
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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I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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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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Sing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling all right.
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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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The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
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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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You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
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It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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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.
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Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
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I can’t remember faces, don’t remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.
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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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Musicians know all about unemployment. You’re unemployed a lot, and I think there’s a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.
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You can linger too long in your dreams.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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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 can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
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Don’t go changing to try and please me You never let me down before Don’t imagine you’re too familiar And I don’t see you anymore I would not leave you in times of trouble
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