I’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
BILLY JOELI once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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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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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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Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
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Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
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Call you up in the middle of the night. It’s awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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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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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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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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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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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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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
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My songs are like my kids.
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