The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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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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?
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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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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My songs are like my kids.
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What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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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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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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I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.
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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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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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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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