You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
BILLY JOELRemember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
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I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
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We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
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I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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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 see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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In an age of incompetence, I’ve been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That’s my job.
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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
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Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She’s ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.
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