Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
BILLY JOELWhen 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Only the good die young.
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Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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Well we’re waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
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There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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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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Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
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Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
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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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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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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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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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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.
BILLY JOEL