They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
BILLY JOELMost of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
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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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People in music lie, but they don’t expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
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This is the time to remember cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold onto cause we won’t although we’ll want to.
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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 first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
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Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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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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So I would choose to be with you. That’s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too. And you can have this heart to break. And so it goes, and so it goes. And you’re the only one who knows.
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I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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