If it seems like I’ve been lost in ‘lets remember’, If it seems I’m gettin’ older and missin’ my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.
BILLY JOELYou can’t go the distance with too much resistance
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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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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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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Hope you don’t think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I’m a piano player. I’m already unplugged.
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Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
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Though you can see when you’re wrong, you know you can’t always see when you’re right.
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Sing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling all right.
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We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
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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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As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
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I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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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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