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 JOELIn every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along
More Billy Joel Quotes
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
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You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
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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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Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
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There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
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We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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Well we’re waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
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I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
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What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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