But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that’s trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
BILLY JOELForced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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You’re having a hard time and lately you don’t feel so good; You’re getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood. It’s alright, it’s alright.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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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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I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
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It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
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It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There’s an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, ‘Son, can you play me a memory?
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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Hope you don’t think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I’m a piano player. I’m already unplugged.
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We 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.
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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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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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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 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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