Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
BILLY JOELMy songs are like my kids.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
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Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.
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Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She’s ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.
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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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I’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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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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You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
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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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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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Musicians know all about unemployment. You’re unemployed a lot, and I think there’s a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.
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Call you up in the middle of the night. It’s awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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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 am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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