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.
BILLY JOELPeople pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don’t wanna know about your technical problems, or if you’re not feeling good, they don’t wanna know we have a glitch. It’s their night, you better do something to earn that money.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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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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But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that’s trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
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I’m single but interviewing.
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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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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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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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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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There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
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It should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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