Though you can see when you’re wrong, you know you can’t always see when you’re right.
BILLY JOELI’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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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In hell there’s a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never opened. No phone so you can’t call home, and the TV works, but the clicker is broken.
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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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I’m a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
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I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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Call you up in the middle of the night. It’s awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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You can linger too long in your dreams.
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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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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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In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
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Only the good die young.
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It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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I haven’t met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I’m discontented about that. I’m angry with myself. I have regrets.
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