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.
BILLY JOELThey say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
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It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too.
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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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I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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Most people you’d tell “I’m gonna be a musician,” they’d say, “you’re crazy, you’re gonna starve, you’re gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you’ll never make it, there’s too much competition.
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I keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
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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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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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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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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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