Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
BILLY JOELThere will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
More Billy Joel Quotes
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you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for
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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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It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
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We’re on the verge of all things new.
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I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
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So I would choose to be with you. That’s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too. And you can have this heart to break. And so it goes, and so it goes. And you’re the only one who knows.
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There’s an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, ‘Son, can you play me a memory?
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You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.
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I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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