The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
BILLY JOELYou should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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 can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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Sing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling all right.
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In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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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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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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When I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
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No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
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Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
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As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.
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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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