I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
BILLY JOELSay goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
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Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
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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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I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
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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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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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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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I’ve crashed my car three times.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
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The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
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You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too.
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Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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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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Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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