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.
BILLY JOELYou may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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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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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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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
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Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
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Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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Well we’re waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
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