I’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.
BILLY JOELMusicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
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People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don’t wanna know about your technical problems, or if you’re not feeling good, they don’t wanna know we have a glitch. It’s their night, you better do something to earn that money.
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I am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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I’m in a New York state of mind
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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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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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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.
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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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Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
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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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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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I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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