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Billy Joel quotes - page 6
I don't care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
Billy Joel
There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
Billy Joel
I can't think of one person I've ever met who didn't like some type of music.
Billy Joel
Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
Billy Joel
I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women.
Billy Joel
I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there's a mass influx from one place, that's when it becomes problematic for Americans.
Billy Joel
I never said I wasn't going to play any more. I don't know where that came from.
Billy Joel
It's nine o' clock on a Saturday Regular crowd shuffles in There's an old man sitting next to me Making love to his tonic and gin.
Billy Joel
It seems such a waste of time If that's what it's all about If that's movin' up then I'm movin' out.
Billy Joel
Brenda and Eddie had had it already By the summer of '75 From the high to the low To the end of the show For the rest of their lives. They couldn't go back to the greasers. The best they could do was pick up the pieces. We always knew they would both find a way to get by. That's all I heard about Brenda and Eddie. Can't tell you more than I told you already. And here we are wavin' Brenda and Eddie goodbye.
Billy Joel
I can always find someone To say they sympathize If I wear my heart out on my sleeve. But I don't want some pretty face To tell me pretty lies. All I want is someone to believe.
Billy Joel
They will tell you, you can't sleep alone in strange place. Then they'll tell you, you can't sleep with somebody else. Ah, but sooner or later you sleep in your own space. Either way, it's okay, you wake with yourself.
Billy Joel
It's just a fantasy It's not the real thing It's just a fantasy It's not the real thing. But sometimes a fantasy Is all you need.
Billy Joel
Well I'm living here in Allentown And it's hard to keep a good man down But I won't be getting up today.
Billy Joel
We held the coastline They held the highlands And they were sharp As sharp as knives They heard the hum of our motors They counted the rotors And waited for us to arrive. And we would all go down together We said we'd all go down together Yes we would all go down together.
Billy Joel
If you said goodbye to me tonight There would still be music left to write. What else could I do? I'm so inspired by you. That hasn't happened for the longest time.
Billy Joel
Listen boy Don't want to see you let a good thing Slip away. You know I don't like watching Anybody make the same mistakes I made. She's a real nice girl And she's always there for you. But a nice girl wouldn't tell you what you should do.
Billy Joel
I know the moment isn't right To tell the girl a comical line To keep the conversation light I guess I'm just frightened out of my mind. But if that's how I feel Then it's the best feeling I've ever known It's undeniably real Leave a tender moment alone.
Billy Joel
Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
Billy Joel
Don't wait for answers... Just take your chancesDon't ask me why.
Billy Joel
We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams.We're all carried along by the River of Dreams.
Billy Joel
The joy of life is made up of obscure and seemingly mundane victories that give us our own small satisfactions.
Billy Joel
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