It should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
BILLY JOELIn every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Someday we’ll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that’s how you and I will be
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I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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In an age of incompetence, I’ve been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That’s my job.
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I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
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I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
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Know what you love and do what you love. If you don’t do what you love, you’re just wasting your time.
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We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
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When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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You’ve got your passion. You’ve got your pride. But don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true.
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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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I’m in a New York state of mind
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You can linger too long in your dreams.
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