I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there’s a mass influx from one place, that’s when it becomes problematic for Americans.
BILLY JOELHonesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
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Only the good die young.
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My songs are like my kids.
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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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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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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.
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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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I said I love you and that’s forever And this I promise from the heart I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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People in music lie, but they don’t expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
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I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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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 have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
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