They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
BILLY JOELSo 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
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This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we’re on the verge of all things new.
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I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there’s a mass influx from one place, that’s when it becomes problematic for Americans.
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If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
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Nobody who ever becomes big comes back here.” And I felt so sad for this kid, he seemed so bitter about it. I said, “Well, I’m coming back, no matter what.”
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In every heart there is a room, a sanctuary safe and strong, to heal the wounds from lovers past, until a new one comes along…
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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It should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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We never could have come this far I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times I’ll take you just the way you are Don’t go trying some new fashion Don’t change the color of your hair. […] I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems
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I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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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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As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
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Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
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