I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
BILLY JOELyou may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
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I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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Hope you don’t think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I’m a piano player. I’m already unplugged.
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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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Someday we’ll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that’s how you and I will be
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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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In hell there’s a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never opened. No phone so you can’t call home, and the TV works, but the clicker is broken.
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There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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When I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
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My songs are like my kids.
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When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
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This is the time to remember cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold onto cause we won’t although we’ll want to.
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This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we’re on the verge of all things new.
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