Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems
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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Call you up in the middle of the night. It’s awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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Though it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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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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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 you’re the only one who knows.
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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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We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
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Only the good die young.
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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There’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
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I said I love you and that’s forever And this I promise from the heart I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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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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I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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I’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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