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I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.

Billy Joel

As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
BILLY JOEL

Beautiful Memories Yesterday
There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
BILLY JOEL

Islands Men Sea
I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
BILLY JOEL

Not Philosophy Righteous Sure
And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
BILLY JOEL

Old Share Told Truth
I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
BILLY JOEL

Age Fighting Noble
I’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
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Man Rally Sweet Syre Younger
We never could have come this far I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times I’ll take you just the way you are Don’t go trying some new fashion Don’t change the color of your hair. […] I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
BILLY JOEL

Change Good Times Hair Love Trying
Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.
BILLY JOEL

Easy Harmonizing Needs Stage
When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
BILLY JOEL

Musician Pursue Young
Someday we’ll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that’s how you and I will be
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Goes Gone Someday
It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
BILLY JOEL

Acceptance Love Loving Yourself
There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
BILLY JOEL

Alcohol Drug Men
When I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
BILLY JOEL

Club Jobs Musician
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.
BILLY JOEL

Baby Faces Goodbye Hollywood Life Many Series
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 JOEL

Criticism Honor Praise Received Sometimes
You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
BILLY JOEL

Crazy Insanity Mind
You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
BILLY JOEL

Money Overtime Pay Uncles Work
Though it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
BILLY JOEL

Crucial Inspiration Living Make
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.
BILLY JOEL

Artist Perception Sea
There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
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Life Other Stories Story
I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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Believe Meditation Religious
Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
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Anybody Country Good Life
I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
BILLY JOEL

Clever Love Want
I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
BILLY JOEL

Antiques May Stones
I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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Country Musical Tragedy
I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
BILLY JOEL

Book Country Kids
Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
BILLY JOEL

Goodbye Life Series

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