I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
BILLY JOELOut of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
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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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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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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?
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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 definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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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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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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I’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.
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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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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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