I don’t know why I go to extremes.
BILLY JOELI’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Though it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
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People in music lie, but they don’t expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
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I said I love you and that’s forever And this I promise from the heart I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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We’re on the verge of all things new.
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Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
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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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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for
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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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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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The 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.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
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