We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
BILLY JOELI see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
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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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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too.
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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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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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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.
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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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.
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I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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