Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
BILLY JOELI’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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If it seems like I’ve been lost in ‘lets remember’, If it seems I’m gettin’ older and missin’ my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.
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Though it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along
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I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
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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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So I would choose to be with you. That’s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too. And you can have this heart to break. And so it goes, and so it goes. And you’re the only one who knows.
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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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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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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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I’ve crashed my car three times.
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When I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
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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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I’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
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