You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
BILLY JOELBut 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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Don’t go changing to try and please me You never let me down before Don’t imagine you’re too familiar And I don’t see you anymore I would not leave you in times of trouble
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I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.
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If it seems like I’ve been lost in ‘lets remember’, If it seems I’m gettin’ older and missin’ my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.
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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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You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
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Musicians know all about unemployment. You’re unemployed a lot, and I think there’s a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.
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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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You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
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Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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This is the time to remember cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold onto cause we won’t although we’ll want to.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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In every heart there is a room, a sanctuary safe and strong, to heal the wounds from lovers past, until a new one comes along…
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