You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
BILLY JOELWe all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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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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Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
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Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known. And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.
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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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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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Only the good die young.
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Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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