You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
BILLY JOELSing 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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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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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
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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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The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
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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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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There’s an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, ‘Son, can you play me a memory?
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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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Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
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I don’t belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that’s what’s kept me grounded because I know it’s not right.
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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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