{"author":"Billy Joel","author_id":"Billy+Joel","total_quotes":26,"quotes":[{"text":"And the waitress is practicing politicsAs the businessmen slowly get stonedYes, they're sharing a drink they call lonelinessBut its better than drinkin' alone.","author":"Billy Joel","tags":["music"],"id":51977,"author_id":"Billy+Joel"},{"text":"Well we're waiting here in Allentown,For the Pennsylvania we never found,For the promises our teachers gave,If we worked hard,If we behaved...So the graduations hang on the wall,But they never really helped us at all,No they never taught us what was real,Iron and coke,And chromium steel,And we're waiting here in Allentown...But they've taken all the coal from the ground,And the union people crawled away...","author":"Billy Joel","tags":["allentown","america","blue-collar","canada","chromium","coal","coke","economic","education","environment","factory","hippie","iron","lies","manufacture","mill","mining","pennsylvania","pittsburgh","plant","school","steel","steel-mill","teacher","train","tutor"],"id":79893,"author_id":"Billy+Joel"},{"text":"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.","author":"Billy Joel","tags":["heaven"],"id":114380,"author_id":"Billy+Joel"},{"text":"For all our mutual experienceOur separate conclusions are the sameNow we are forced to recognize our inhumanityOur reason coexists with our insanityBut we choose between reality and madnessIt's either sadness or euphoria.","author":"Billy Joel","tags":["euphoria","inhumanity","madness","reality","sadness","separation"],"id":139837,"author_id":"Billy+Joel"},{"text":"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.","author":"Billy Joel","tags":["and-so-it-goes","heart","life","love","music"],"id":141371,"author_id":"Billy+Joel"},{"text":"And it was darkSo dark at nightAnd we held on to each otherLike brother to brotherWe promised our mothers we'd writeAnd we would all go down together.","author":"Billy Joel","tags":["brothers","dark","lyrics","mothers","night","vietnam","war"],"id":145582,"author_id":"Billy+Joel"},{"text":"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.","author":"Billy Joel","tags":["culture","healing","humanity "],"id":149682,"author_id":"Billy+Joel"},{"text":"When the going gets tough, the tough get going.","author":"Billy Joel","tags":["motivational"],"id":229230,"author_id":"Billy+Joel"},{"text":"I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist.","author":"Billy Joel","tags":["art","journey","music"],"id":262862,"author_id":"Billy+Joel"},{"text":"The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.","author":"Billy Joel","tags":["american","blue","world "],"id":279758,"author_id":"Billy+Joel"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":26,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}