You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
BILLY JOELSometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
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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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In an age of incompetence, I’ve been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That’s my job.
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Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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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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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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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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If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
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You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
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