You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
BILLY JOELIn a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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Artist – musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
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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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There was an edge of, ‘Go away kid, you’re bothering me’. I’ve kicked myself a million times since. I could’ve discovered Whitney Houston.
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Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I’ve been looking for.
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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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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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You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
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