If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
BILLY JOELSlow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.
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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
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Though you can see when you’re wrong, you know you can’t always see when you’re right.
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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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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
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I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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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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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?
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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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