I’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.
BILLY JOELMore than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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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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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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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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We’re on the verge of all things new.
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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In hell there’s a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never opened. No phone so you can’t call home, and the TV works, but the clicker is broken.
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Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems
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Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can’t dress trashy ’til you spend a lot of money.
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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 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.
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Nobody who ever becomes big comes back here.” And I felt so sad for this kid, he seemed so bitter about it. I said, “Well, I’m coming back, no matter what.”
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So before we end And then begin We’ll drink a toast to how it’s been A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets A few more times that I can say, I’ve loved these days.
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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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I haven’t met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I’m discontented about that. I’m angry with myself. I have regrets.
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I’ve crashed my car three times.
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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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When I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
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In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along
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Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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I’m a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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