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 JOELThough it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come this far. I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times, I’ll take you just the way you are.
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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 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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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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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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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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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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I can’t remember faces, don’t remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.
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We’re on the verge of all things new.
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You’ve got your passion. You’ve got your pride. But don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true.
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I was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
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You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
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