It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There’s an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, ‘Son, can you play me a memory?
BILLY JOELVideos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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I haven’t met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I’m discontented about that. I’m angry with myself. I have regrets.
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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That’s all right, my love, ’cause you’re my home.
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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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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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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I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there’s a mass influx from one place, that’s when it becomes problematic for Americans.
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
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Know what you love and do what you love. If you don’t do what you love, you’re just wasting your time.
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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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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