What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
BILLY JOELI started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
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I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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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.
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Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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Nobody who ever becomes big comes back here.” And I felt so sad for this kid, he seemed so bitter about it. I said, “Well, I’m coming back, no matter what.”
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
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Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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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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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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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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