You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
BILLY JOELThere was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
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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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Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
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I’m single but interviewing.
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You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
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It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There’s an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, ‘Son, can you play me a memory?
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Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
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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.
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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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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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It should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
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There was an edge of, ‘Go away kid, you’re bothering me’. I’ve kicked myself a million times since. I could’ve discovered Whitney Houston.
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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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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.
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