We’re on the verge of all things new.
BILLY JOELWe 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
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I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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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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I’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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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 definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
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So before we end And then begin We’ll drink a toast to how it’s been A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets A few more times that I can say, I’ve loved these days.
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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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