Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
BILLY JOELIt should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.
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I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
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As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
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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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Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
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As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
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We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
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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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