We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
BILLY JOELThe whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
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Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
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As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
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I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here’s a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
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Nobody who ever becomes big comes back here.” And I felt so sad for this kid, he seemed so bitter about it. I said, “Well, I’m coming back, no matter what.”
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In an age of incompetence, I’ve been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That’s my job.
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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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Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can’t dress trashy ’til you spend a lot of money.
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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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I was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
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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.
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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’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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Though you can see when you’re wrong, you know you can’t always see when you’re right.
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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