I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I’ve been looking for.
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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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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You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
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So before we end And then begin We’ll drink a toast to how it’s been A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets A few more times that I can say, I’ve loved these days.
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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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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
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I was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
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There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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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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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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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 was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
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