So before we end And then begin We’ll drink a toast to how it’s been A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets A few more times that I can say, I’ve loved these days.
BILLY JOELCritics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
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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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It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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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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I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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There was an edge of, ‘Go away kid, you’re bothering me’. I’ve kicked myself a million times since. I could’ve discovered Whitney Houston.
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
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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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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
BILLY JOEL







