I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
BILLY JOELRemember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
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I’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.
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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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Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
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Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
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I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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Don’t go changing to try and please me You never let me down before Don’t imagine you’re too familiar And I don’t see you anymore I would not leave you in times of trouble
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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Nobody who ever becomes big comes back here.” And I felt so sad for this kid, he seemed so bitter about it. I said, “Well, I’m coming back, no matter what.”
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You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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Someday we’ll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that’s how you and I will be
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You’ve got your passion. You’ve got your pride. But don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true.
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don’t wanna know about your technical problems, or if you’re not feeling good, they don’t wanna know we have a glitch. It’s their night, you better do something to earn that money.
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