What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
BILLY JOELIt should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Artist – musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
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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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In an age of incompetence, I’ve been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That’s my job.
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Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
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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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I’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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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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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That’s all right, my love, ’cause you’re my home.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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