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.
BILLY JOELThey say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
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I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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There was an edge of, ‘Go away kid, you’re bothering me’. I’ve kicked myself a million times since. I could’ve discovered Whitney Houston.
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I’ve crashed my car three times.
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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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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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People in music lie, but they don’t expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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I’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
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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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