It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
BILLY JOELSay goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
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I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
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Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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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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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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Musicians know all about unemployment. You’re unemployed a lot, and I think there’s a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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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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