I’m in a New York state of mind
BILLY JOELI’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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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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Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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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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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?
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Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She’s ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.
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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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Though you can see when you’re wrong, you know you can’t always see when you’re right.
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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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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 really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
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People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don’t wanna know about your technical problems, or if you’re not feeling good, they don’t wanna know we have a glitch. It’s their night, you better do something to earn that money.
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Usually when I’m writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.
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If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
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It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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