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.
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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Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She’s ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.
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It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There’s an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, ‘Son, can you play me a memory?
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Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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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.
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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 go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
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Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
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I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I’ve been looking for.
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If it seems like I’ve been lost in ‘lets remember’, If it seems I’m gettin’ older and missin’ my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.
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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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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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