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!
BILLY JOEL…And you’re the only one who knows.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
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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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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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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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Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can’t dress trashy ’til you spend a lot of money.
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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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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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Most people you’d tell “I’m gonna be a musician,” they’d say, “you’re crazy, you’re gonna starve, you’re gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you’ll never make it, there’s too much competition.
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There’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
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Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She’s ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.
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I’m single but interviewing.
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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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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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You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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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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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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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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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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