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You only beat me if you get me to hate.

Billy Joel

Most people you’d tell “I’m gonna be a musician,” they’d say, “you’re crazy, you’re gonna starve, you’re gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you’ll never make it, there’s too much competition.
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Competition Crazy Poor School Teacher
Know what you love and do what you love. If you don’t do what you love, you’re just wasting your time.
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Love Wasted Time
Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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Family Like Musician Tied
This is the time to remember cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold onto cause we won’t although we’ll want to.
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Forever Remember Sadness Want
I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
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Matter Right Views Wrong
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
Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That’s all right, my love, ’cause you’re my home.
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Causes Home Love True
She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
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Cutting Evil Laughing
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
There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
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Couple Hard Times Years
I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
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Insanity Talking Winos
I’m a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
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Civil Dominate Politics Servant
I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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People Retirement Retiring
I 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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Parent Piano Play Years
What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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Believe Friendship Way
Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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Courage Fighting Title

You only beat me if you get me to hate.

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