They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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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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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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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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
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If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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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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People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don’t wanna know about your technical problems, or if you’re not feeling good, they don’t wanna know we have a glitch. It’s their night, you better do something to earn that money.
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We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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