So many faces in and out of my life Some will last Some will be just now and then. Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again.
BILLY JOELAs long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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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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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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Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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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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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
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You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
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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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There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
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Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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