Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
BILLY JOELI’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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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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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that’s trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
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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 remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
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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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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can’t dress trashy ’til you spend a lot of money.
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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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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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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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