They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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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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Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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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 keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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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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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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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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I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
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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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Musicians know all about unemployment. You’re unemployed a lot, and I think there’s a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.
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