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.
BILLY JOELSomeday we’ll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that’s how you and I will be
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That’s all right, my love, ’cause you’re my home.
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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known. And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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Musicians know all about unemployment. You’re unemployed a lot, and I think there’s a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.
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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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Sing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling all right.
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What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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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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I don’t belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that’s what’s kept me grounded because I know it’s not right.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
BILLY JOEL