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What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?

Billy Joel

Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
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Listen Rocks Roll Vitality
You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
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Made Mistake Reality
Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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Everybody Famous Really Town
I’m in a New York state of mind
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Country Mind States
I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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Mistakes Originals Theory
If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
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Human Music Need Same Things
I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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Consistency Craftmanship Long Piano
We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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Forever Gone Insanity
If it seems like I’ve been lost in ‘lets remember’, If it seems I’m gettin’ older and missin’ my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.
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Causes Past Way
This is the time to remember cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold onto cause we won’t although we’ll want to.
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Forever Remember Sadness Want
Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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Heart Loud Musician Voices
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 see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
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Insanity Talking Winos
Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.
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Easy Harmonizing Needs Stage
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.
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Alchemist Fun Wizards
And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
BILLY JOEL

Old Share Told Truth

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