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.
BILLY JOELLawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
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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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Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can’t dress trashy ’til you spend a lot of money.
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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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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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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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I haven’t met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I’m discontented about that. I’m angry with myself. I have regrets.
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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
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There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
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We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
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I keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
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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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I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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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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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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