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.
BILLY JOELI am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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I watched the mighty skyline fall
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…And you’re the only one who knows.
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
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Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
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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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Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems
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I always loved music, so I would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.
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