This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we’re on the verge of all things new.
BILLY JOELSlow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.
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You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too.
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It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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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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I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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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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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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I’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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You can linger too long in your dreams.
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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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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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…And you’re the only one who knows.
BILLY JOEL