Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
BILLY JOELI definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
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You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
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Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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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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It should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
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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 Don’t go trying some new fashion Don’t change the color of your hair. […] I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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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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Only the good die young.
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As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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