Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
BILLY JOELSlow 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
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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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
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Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.
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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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you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for
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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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I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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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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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
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