She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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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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I can’t remember faces, don’t remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.
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When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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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 crashed my car three times.
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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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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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I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along
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