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BILLY JOELWell I never had a place that I could call my very own/That’s all right, my love, ’cause you’re my home.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known. And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
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This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we’re on the verge of all things new.
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There was an edge of, ‘Go away kid, you’re bothering me’. I’ve kicked myself a million times since. I could’ve discovered Whitney Houston.
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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
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Nobody who ever becomes big comes back here.” And I felt so sad for this kid, he seemed so bitter about it. I said, “Well, I’m coming back, no matter what.”
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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Well we’re waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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