I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
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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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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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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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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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.
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Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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I don’t belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that’s what’s kept me grounded because I know it’s not right.
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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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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.
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I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
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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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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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