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Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.

Billy Joel

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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History Loved Music Musicologist Something
I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
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Antiques May Stones
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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Cheer Limos People
Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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Food Junk People Sold
The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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Country Education Helped People Wall
You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too.
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Cake Loneliness Love Mistakes Smile
I watched the mighty skyline fall
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Fall Mighty Skylines Watched
I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.
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Inspirational Motivational Music
I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I’ve been looking for.
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Life Looking Philosophy
I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.
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Believe Clouds Important
Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
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Careers Materials Together
What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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Believe Friendship Way
Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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Back Music Romance Together
I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
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Knows Play Said
…And you’re the only one who knows.
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Good Inspirational Love Morning
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.
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Change Good Times Hair Love Trying
I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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Reading Song Writing
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
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Kids Pianist Song Songwriter Writing
There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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Conversation Paranoia Someone Talk Way
Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
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Although Needs Romantic Tonight Want
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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Alcohol Drug Soul
Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
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Call Fool Moments
I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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Music Probably Reason Started Writing
It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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Alright Loses Two
I’ve crashed my car three times.
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Believe Times Car Three
There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
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Couple Hard Times Years
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.
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Book Country Kids

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