Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
BILLY JOELI don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
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Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
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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 be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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Sing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling all right.
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Mozart 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.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I’ve been looking for.
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I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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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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Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can’t dress trashy ’til you spend a lot of money.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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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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As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
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Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems
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I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
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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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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
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Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
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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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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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