I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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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Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
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If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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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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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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Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can’t dress trashy ’til you spend a lot of money.
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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.
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I’m single but interviewing.
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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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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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You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
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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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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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