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I've come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it's a Greek tragedy.
The good ole days weren't always good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.
I don't care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
If you're a very unfulfilled person you might have a tendency to turn to crime.
Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again
I never said I wasn't going to play any more. I don't know where that came from.
You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
They say there's a heaven for those who wait, some say it's better I say it ain't.
you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you're looking for
Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
It should be easy for a man who's strong to say he's sorry or admit when he's wrong.
I look at some of the songs I wrote years ago and I can't believe I wrote such crap.
Slow down you're doing fine You can't be everything you want to be before your time.
I'm writing new music all the time. I'm just not writing pop stuff. It's not my goal.
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness But it's better than drinkin' alone.
Though you can see when you're wrong, you know you can't always see when you're right.
Streetlife serenaders Have no obligations Hold no grand illusions Need no stimulation.
You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.
I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
I don't want some pretty face to tell me pretty lies, all I want is someone to believe.
You'll learn more from your accidents than anything that you could ever learn at school.
They say that these are not the best of times, but they're the only times I've ever known.
There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I've been looking for.
You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can't wait.
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun.
I compare songwriting to childbirth. How many kids can you have before your uterus explodes?
Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don't. I write in hot blood.
Hope you don't think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I'm a piano player. I'm already unplugged.
Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
I've lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true. When will you realize... Vienna waits for you.
Give a moment or two to the angry young man with his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand.
A typical day in the life of a heavy metal musician consists of a round of golf and an AA meeting.
Why should I worry, why should I care? And even when I cross that line, I got street savoire faire.
Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can't dress trashy 'til you spend a lot of money.
I'm sure you have some cosmic rationale, but here you are with your faith and your Peter Pan advice.
Someday we'll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that's how you and I will be
You look so polished from your hair down to your toes, but still your finger's gonna pick your nose.
Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
She's got a way about her, And everywhere she goes, a million dreams of love surround her, everywhere.
Know what you love and do what you love. If you don't do what you love, you're just wasting your time.
There ain't much future for a man who works the sea, there ain't no island left for islanders like me.
We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We're all carried along, by the river of dreams.
Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That's all right, my love, 'cause you're my home.