every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
BILLY JOELThey say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
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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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Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
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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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My songs are like my kids.
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What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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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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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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Someday we’ll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that’s how you and I will be
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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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