Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
BILLY JOELHonesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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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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Well we’re waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
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I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
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As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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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 Don’t go trying some new fashion Don’t change the color of your hair. […] I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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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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In hell there’s a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never opened. No phone so you can’t call home, and the TV works, but the clicker is broken.
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