I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
BILLY JOELForced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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There was an edge of, ‘Go away kid, you’re bothering me’. I’ve kicked myself a million times since. I could’ve discovered Whitney Houston.
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
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I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
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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 won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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You can linger too long in your dreams.
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Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
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I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
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