I’m a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
BILLY JOELWhen 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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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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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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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I’m in a New York state of mind
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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 have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don’t wanna know about your technical problems, or if you’re not feeling good, they don’t wanna know we have a glitch. It’s their night, you better do something to earn that money.
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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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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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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.
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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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