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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …

Billy Joel

I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
BILLY JOEL

Mean Opinion Singers
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
You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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Beer Relationship Yoga
Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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Color Philosophy Rainbow
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
Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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Law Night Order
I said I love you and that’s forever And this I promise from the heart I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
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Anniversary Friendship Love
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
BILLY JOEL

Kids Pianist Song Songwriter Writing
Don’t go changing to try and please me You never let me down before Don’t imagine you’re too familiar And I don’t see you anymore I would not leave you in times of trouble
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Anymore Familiar Fashion Hair Love Please
You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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Enrich Expressions Kids Songs
I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here’s a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
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Classical People Rolling Stones Use
We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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Humans Making Mistakes Suppose
I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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Mets Thinking Type
I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
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About Affecting Going Remember Song Valley
Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
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Dream Vienna Waiting
I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
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Men Rejection Thinking

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