Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
BILLY JOELBlack and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
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You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
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When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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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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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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And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
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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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They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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So before we end And then begin We’ll drink a toast to how it’s been A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets A few more times that I can say, I’ve loved these days.
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I’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
BILLY JOEL







