I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
BILLY JOELWe drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
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I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
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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 wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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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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It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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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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It should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
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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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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
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I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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