Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
BILLY JOELWell we’re waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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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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Sing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling all right.
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I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
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Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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I keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
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I’m single but interviewing.
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Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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So before we end And then begin We’ll drink a toast to how it’s been A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets A few more times that I can say, I’ve loved these days.
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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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People in music lie, but they don’t expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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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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