Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
BILLY JOELSo before we end And then begin We’ll drink a toast to how it’s been A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets A few more times that I can say, I’ve loved these days.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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It should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
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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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We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
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I said I love you and that’s forever And this I promise from the heart I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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This is the time to remember cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold onto cause we won’t although we’ll want to.
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Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
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When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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I’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
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