I don’t know why I go to extremes.
BILLY JOELI never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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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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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 Don’t go trying some new fashion Don’t change the color of your hair. […] I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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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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There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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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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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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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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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
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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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