When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
BILLY JOELI’m a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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I’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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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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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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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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I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I’ve been looking for.
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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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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So before we end And then begin We’ll drink a toast to how it’s been A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets A few more times that I can say, I’ve loved these days.
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As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.
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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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She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
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I am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
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