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Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.

Billy Joel

Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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Musician Safety Wire
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
Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
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Blac Color Philosophy White
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.
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Club Jobs Musician
I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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Extremes Insanity Knows
I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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People Retirement Retiring
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
We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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Hurt Laughing might
You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.
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Girl Shame Walk
And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
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Humorous Men People
You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
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Evil May Understanding
I haven’t met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I’m discontented about that. I’m angry with myself. I have regrets.
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Angry Discontented Regret Relationship
Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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Family Like Musician Tied
Well we’re waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
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Graduation Help Real Teacher Wall
Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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Heart Loud Musician Voices
People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don’t wanna know about your technical problems, or if you’re not feeling good, they don’t wanna know we have a glitch. It’s their night, you better do something to earn that money.
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Feel Good Night People

Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.

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