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.
BILLY JOELYou’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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
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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.
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I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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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.
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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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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Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
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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 think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
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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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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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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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I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
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