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.
BILLY JOELI believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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I don’t belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that’s what’s kept me grounded because I know it’s not right.
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Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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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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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
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I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
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I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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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 didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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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 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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