You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
BILLY JOELSome people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
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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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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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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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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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Sing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling all right.
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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