I’m a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
BILLY JOELDon’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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When I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
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I’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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Only the good die young.
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The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
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If it seems like I’ve been lost in ‘lets remember’, If it seems I’m gettin’ older and missin’ my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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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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Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
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I’m in a New York state of mind
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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