What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
BILLY JOELThere’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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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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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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I’m a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
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I’m in a New York state of mind
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I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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Usually when I’m writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.
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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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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
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What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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