Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
BILLY JOELOh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She’s ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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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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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
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I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
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Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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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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But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that’s trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here’s a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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