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Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.

Billy Joel

I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
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Age Fighting Noble
We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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Humans Making Mistakes Suppose
When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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Art Created Looks Portraits
What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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Believe Friendship Way
You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
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Money Overtime Pay Uncles Work
When I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
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Club Jobs Musician
I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
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Fun Laughing Song
Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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Advice Answers Waiting
every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
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Life Relationship Rose
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
Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.
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Art Honesty Kidding Part Truth
We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
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Demand Music Successful
You’ve got your passion. You’ve got your pride. But don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true.
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Ambition Dream Passion
I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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Age Birthday Insecurity
What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
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Smart Unanswered Questions
You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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Distance Much Resistance Too

Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.

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