I am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
BILLY JOELI guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here’s a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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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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It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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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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As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
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Sing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling all right.
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Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can’t dress trashy ’til you spend a lot of money.
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I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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I would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come this far. I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times, I’ll take you just the way you are.
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We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
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