I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
BILLY JOELIf I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
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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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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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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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I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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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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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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Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
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I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
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I’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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