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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.

Billy Joel

I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there’s a mass influx from one place, that’s when it becomes problematic for Americans.
BILLY JOEL

Country Mass Problems Thinking
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 JOEL

Country Frozen Halloween Listened World
I’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.
BILLY JOEL

Active Issues Mind Writing
They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known. And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
BILLY JOEL

Believe Eye Sadness
I keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
BILLY JOEL

Boys Drinking Inspirational
In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along
BILLY JOEL

Heart Past Sanctuary Strong
The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
BILLY JOEL

Country Education Helped People Wall
Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
BILLY JOEL

Inspiration Tangible Unseen
She’s got a smile that heals me.
BILLY JOEL

Compliment Heal Smile
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.
BILLY JOEL

Crazy Mind People
I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
BILLY JOEL

Matter Right Views Wrong
Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
BILLY JOEL

Changing Friendship Please Song
I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
BILLY JOEL

Insanity Talking Winos
Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
BILLY JOEL

Allowed Mistakes Sometimes Takes
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!
BILLY JOEL

Atheists Evil Fear Problem Realize
Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
BILLY JOEL

Giving Heart Work

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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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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