She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
BILLY JOELThis is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we’re on the verge of all things new.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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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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You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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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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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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Hope you don’t think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I’m a piano player. I’m already unplugged.
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You’re having a hard time and lately you don’t feel so good; You’re getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood. It’s alright, it’s alright.
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known. And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too.
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