I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
BILLY JOELSo many faces in and out of my life Some will last Some will be just now and then. Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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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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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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Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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Only the good die young.
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Out 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.
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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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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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There’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
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Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
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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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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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