I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
BILLY JOELI definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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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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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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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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Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
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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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Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
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This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we’re on the verge of all things new.
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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
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You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
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