I’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
BILLY JOELNo end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I’m in a New York state of mind
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Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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Nobody who ever becomes big comes back here.” And I felt so sad for this kid, he seemed so bitter about it. I said, “Well, I’m coming back, no matter what.”
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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You’re having a hard time and lately you don’t feel so good; You’re getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood. It’s alright, it’s alright.
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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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It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There’s an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, ‘Son, can you play me a memory?
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Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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