every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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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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I was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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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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Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
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Musicians know all about unemployment. You’re unemployed a lot, and I think there’s a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.
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Well we’re waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
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Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
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