You only beat me if you get me to hate.
BILLY JOELNo end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
More Billy Joel Quotes
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And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
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every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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Only the good die young.
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I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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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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Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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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.
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
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I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
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Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
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When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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There’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
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Someday we’ll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that’s how you and I will be
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