If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
BILLY JOELWhere have you been hanging out lately honey? You can’t dress trashy ’til you spend a lot of money.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
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Sing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling all right.
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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
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I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
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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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I’ve crashed my car three times.
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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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Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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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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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that’s trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
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