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Billy Joel

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.
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Madness Philosophy Reality Sadness
Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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Arabia Country Lawrence Place
I don’t belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that’s what’s kept me grounded because I know it’s not right.
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Cheer Limos People
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.
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Change Good Times Hair Love Trying
Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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Creative Outlets Records
I’m a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
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Civil Dominate Politics Servant
I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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Mistakes Originals Theory
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
You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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Given Needs Relationship
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?
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Memories Regular Shuffles Son Sweet
Don’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
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Changing Friendship Please Song
I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
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Believe Clouds Important
And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
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Humorous Men People
I’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
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Education Fire Long
She’s got a smile that heals me.
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Compliment Heal Smile
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

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