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.
BILLY JOELIf you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That’s all right, my love, ’cause you’re my home.
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So before we end And then begin We’ll drink a toast to how it’s been A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets A few more times that I can say, I’ve loved these days.
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you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for
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I can’t remember faces, don’t remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.
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Only the good die young.
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You can linger too long in your dreams.
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I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.
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I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
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