You’ve got your passion. You’ve got your pride. But don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true.
BILLY JOELAdvice is cheap; you can take it from me.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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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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Someday we’ll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that’s how you and I will be
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But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that’s trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
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I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
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There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
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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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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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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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I would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come this far. I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times, I’ll take you just the way you are.
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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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Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems
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