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I’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.

Billy Joel

We never could have come this far I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times I’ll take you just the way you are Don’t go trying some new fashion Don’t change the color of your hair. […] I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
BILLY JOEL

Change Good Times Hair Love Trying
I would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come this far. I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times, I’ll take you just the way you are.
BILLY JOEL

Good Times Trouble Way
Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
BILLY JOEL

Creative Outlets Records
I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
BILLY JOEL

Active Issues Mind Writing
Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
BILLY JOEL

Inspiration Tangible Unseen
But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that’s trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
BILLY JOEL

Help Point Promised Something Try
You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.
BILLY JOEL

Giving Hate People
Call you up in the middle of the night. It’s awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
BILLY JOEL

Distance Long Night Stimulations
Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
BILLY JOEL

Dream Vienna Waiting
We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
BILLY JOEL

Forever Gone Insanity
Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
BILLY JOEL

Doors Opening People
Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That’s all right, my love, ’cause you’re my home.
BILLY JOEL

Causes Home Love True
Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
BILLY JOEL

Madness Philosophy Reality Sadness
Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
BILLY JOEL

Anybody Country Good Life
Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
BILLY JOEL

Everybody Loneliness Love Somehow
It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There’s an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, ‘Son, can you play me a memory?
BILLY JOEL

Memories Regular Shuffles Son Sweet

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