I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
BILLY JOELI’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.’
More Billy Joel Quotes
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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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Only the good die young.
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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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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You’ve got your passion. You’ve got your pride. But don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true.
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Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
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I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
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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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I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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We never could have come this far I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times I’ll take you just the way you are Don’t go trying some new fashion Don’t change the color of your hair. […] I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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I am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
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