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.
BILLY JOELI believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
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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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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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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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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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Usually when I’m writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.
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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
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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 have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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You can linger too long in your dreams.
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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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Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
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I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for
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Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
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I am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
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I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
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Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
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Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
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Know what you love and do what you love. If you don’t do what you love, you’re just wasting your time.
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