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?
BILLY JOELI can’t remember faces, don’t remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I would not leave you in your times of trouble. 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.
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As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.
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Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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I’m single but interviewing.
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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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…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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You can linger too long in your dreams.
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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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I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.
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