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Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.

Billy Joel

Artist – musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
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Artist Perception Sea
Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
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Baby Country Goodbye Hollywood
So many faces in and out of my life Some will last Some will be just now and then. Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again.
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Baby Faces Goodbye Hollywood Life Many Series
Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.
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Inspiration Tangible Unseen
We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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Humans Making Mistakes Suppose
Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
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Beethoven Guys Phenomenal Productivity Some
Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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Everybody Famous Really Town
Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
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Dirty Found Quality You
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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Criticism Honor Praise Received Sometimes
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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Country Mass Problems Thinking
There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
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Angel Come Future Miracle War World
I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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Mets Thinking Type
I’m in a New York state of mind
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Country Mind States
You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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Mind Song Speak Time
We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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Hurt Laughing might
My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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Autograph Daughter Missions

Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.

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Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.

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