Billy Joel

“There's nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.”

“You’re a big boy now; you’ll never let her go, but that’s just the kind of thing she ought to know. Tell her about it. Tell her everything you feel. Giver her every reason to accept that you’re for real.”

“There ain't no island left for islanders like me.”

“You can get what you want or you can just get old.”

“❝Don't take any shit from anybody.❞”

“I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.”

“I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.”

“When the going gets tough, the tough get going”

“...And you're the only one who knows.”

“In 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.”

“I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.”

“So I would choose to be with you,That's if the choice were mine to make,But you can make decisions too,And you can have this heart to break”

“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”

“every time I've held a rose,It seems I only felt the thorns”

“you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you're looking for”

“Only the good die young.”

“We didn't start the fireIt was always burningSince the world's been turningWe didn't start the fireNo we didn't light itBut we tried to fight it”

“Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true. When will you realize... Vienna waits for you.”

“You can’t go the distance with too much resistance ”

“They say that these are not the best of times, but they're the only times I've ever known. And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own. Now I have seen that sad surrender in my lovers eyes...and I can only stand apart and sympathize...for we are only what our situations hand us...it's either sadness or euphoria...”

“Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today? ”

“Slow down you're doing fineYou can't be everything you want to beBefore your timeAlthough it's so romantic on the borderline tonightToo bad but it's the life you leadYou're so ahead of yourselfThat you forfeit what you needThough you can see when you're wrong”

“Everyone is a hypocrite in one sense or another and I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.”

“And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.”

“I believe I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage.I've found that just surviving is a noble fight.I once believed in causes too; I had my pointless points of view.And life went on no matter who as wrong or right.”

“If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see there; second, to miss some I had expected to see there; and third, the greatest wonder of all, to find myself there.”

“I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist.”

“I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.”