There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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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I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
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We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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In an age of incompetence, I’ve been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That’s my job.
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So I would choose to be with you. That’s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too. And you can have this heart to break. And so it goes, and so it goes. And you’re the only one who knows.
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So many faces in and out of my life Some will last Some will be just now and then. Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again.
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She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
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Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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My songs are like my kids.
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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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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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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In hell there’s a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never opened. No phone so you can’t call home, and the TV works, but the clicker is broken.
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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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You may be wrong, but you may be right.
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I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
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Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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I don’t belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that’s what’s kept me grounded because I know it’s not right.
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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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You’ve got your passion. You’ve got your pride. But don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true.
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We never could have come this far I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times I’ll take you just the way you are Don’t go trying some new fashion Don’t change the color of your hair. […] I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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When I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
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