I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
BILLY JOELIt’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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We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
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As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.
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I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
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There’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
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In an age of incompetence, I’ve been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That’s my job.
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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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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
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You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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I can’t remember faces, don’t remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.
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I’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.
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