Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
BILLY JOELUsually when I’m writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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It should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
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Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
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This 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.
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Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
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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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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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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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We never could have come this far I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times I’ll take you just the way you are Don’t go trying some new fashion Don’t change the color of your hair. […] I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
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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 guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here’s a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
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