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You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.

Billy Joel

You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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Enrich Expressions Kids Songs
I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers.
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Age Entertainer Idols Magazines Money
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
Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
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Dream Vienna Waiting
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
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
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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Art Honesty Kidding Part Truth
You only beat me if you get me to hate.
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Beats Hate Only
They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
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Drink Expression Loneliness
Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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Honesty Insanity Lonely
She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
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Cutting Evil Laughing
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
Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can’t dress trashy ’til you spend a lot of money.
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Art Honey Media Money
So I would choose to be with you. That’s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too. And you can have this heart to break. And so it goes, and so it goes. And you’re the only one who knows.
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Break Decision Make One Only
Only the good die young.
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Dense Iron Maiden Young
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

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