Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
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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I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here’s a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
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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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It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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It should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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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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In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
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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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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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There was an edge of, ‘Go away kid, you’re bothering me’. I’ve kicked myself a million times since. I could’ve discovered Whitney Houston.
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I’m a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
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I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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