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Billy Joel Quotes about Children

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'Our parents' generation had it a lot tougher than we did. They had to live through the Depression, World War II, and then they had to, you know, try to pick up the pieces of their lives and bring up their children.

'Our parents' generation had it a lot tougher than we did. They had to live through the Depression, World War II, and then they had to, you know, try to pick up the pieces of their lives and bring up their children. And, it was a great example for us. I guess we grew up with a certain amount of the ethics our parents had, which is, you know: work hard, make your own way, be independent.

Billy Joel
Children, War, Hard Work

Every child had a pretty good shot, to get at least as far as their old man got. But something happened on the way to that place. They threw an American flag in our face.

Billy Joel
Children, Men, Flags
Song: Allentown, Album: The Nylon Curtain, 1982

And so my child and I came to this place to meet him eye to eye and face to face. He made my daughter laugh, then we embraced. We never knew what friends we had, until we came to Leningrad.

Billy Joel
Daughter, Children, Eye
Song: Leningrad, Album: Storm Front, 1989

I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.

Billy Joel
Children, Reality, Boredom

She can kill with a smile. She can wound with her eyes. She can ruin your faith with her casual lies. And she only reveals what she wants you to see. She hides like a child, but she's always a woman to me.

Billy Joel
Children, Lying, Eye
FaceBook post by Billy Joel from Aug 13, 2013

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