Someday we’ll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that’s how you and I will be
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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I’ve crashed my car three times.
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Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems
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Most people you’d tell “I’m gonna be a musician,” they’d say, “you’re crazy, you’re gonna starve, you’re gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you’ll never make it, there’s too much competition.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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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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Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
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When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
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If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
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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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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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I’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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