They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known. And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
BILLY JOELDo what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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I’m single but interviewing.
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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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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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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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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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Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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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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