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.
BILLY JOELI would not leave you in your times of trouble. 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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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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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 can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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I’ve crashed my car three times.
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We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
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