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My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!

Billy Joel

I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
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History Loved Music Musicologist Something
Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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Arabia Country Lawrence Place
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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Beautiful Memories Yesterday
I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
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Book Country Kids
I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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Extremes Insanity Knows
I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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Country Musical Tragedy
I’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.
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Country Political Soldiers Trying
Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
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Everybody Loneliness Love Somehow
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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Evil May Understanding
There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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Conversation Paranoia Someone Talk Way
I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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Mother Piano Years
Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems
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Goodbye Inspirational Tomorrow
Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
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Results Style Success Weakness
I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there’s a mass influx from one place, that’s when it becomes problematic for Americans.
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Country Mass Problems Thinking
Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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Blood Hot Writing
you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for
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Crazy May might

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