There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
BILLY JOELWhat if she figures out you’re not very smart?
More Billy Joel Quotes
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We’re on the verge of all things new.
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I’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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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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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can’t dress trashy ’til you spend a lot of money.
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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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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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
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She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
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If 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.
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Though you can see when you’re wrong, you know you can’t always see when you’re right.
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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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Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
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Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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