I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
BILLY JOELThe graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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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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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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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there’s a mass influx from one place, that’s when it becomes problematic for Americans.
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Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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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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It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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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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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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