Only the good die young.
BILLY JOELMozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
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But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that’s trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
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Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
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She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
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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 had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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So 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.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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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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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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