They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
BILLY JOELI’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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we’re on the verge of all things new.
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I’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
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I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
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My songs are like my kids.
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There’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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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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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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I’m single but interviewing.
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Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
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Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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Most people you’d tell “I’m gonna be a musician,” they’d say, “you’re crazy, you’re gonna starve, you’re gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you’ll never make it, there’s too much competition.
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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