Billy Joel on boredom
Billy Joel130 quotes“I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.”
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
Billy JoelBilly Joel She’s got a smile that heals me.
Billy JoelBilly Joel And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
Billy JoelBilly Joel I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
Billy JoelBilly Joel I haven’t met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I’m discontented about that. I’m angry with myself. I have regrets.
Billy JoelBilly Joel What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
Billy JoelBilly Joel What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
Billy JoelBilly Joel There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
Billy JoelBilly Joel 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.
Billy JoelBilly Joel 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
Billy JoelBilly Joel 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.
Billy JoelBilly Joel My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
Billy JoelBilly Joel I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
Billy JoelBilly Joel I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
Billy JoelBilly Joel I watched the mighty skyline fall
Billy JoelBilly Joel I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.
Gertrude SteinGertrude Stein Don’t talk about your diet. It’s just boring, and the last thing you need when dieting is to be considered boring.
Diane Von FurstenbergDiane Von Furstenberg Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven’t got even that much, however loveless and boring – this is one of the harshest human miseries.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska I’m just a believer in keeping all of the creative brain cells moving and working even when you’re not working because the inevitable loneliness and boring drought in the actor’s world, it can eat you alive.
Nikki ReedNikki Reed Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke.
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska I can’t play long solos anymore without boring myself.
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