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There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.

Billy Joel

When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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Art Created Looks Portraits
I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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Mistakes Originals Theory
It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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Beautiful Down Gotta Life Years
I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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People Retirement Retiring
When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
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Fortunately Jobs Missing Mistake
I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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Mother Piano Years
There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
BILLY JOEL

Conversation Paranoia Someone Talk Way
you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for
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Crazy May might
You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can’t wait.
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Home Phones Waiting
I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
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Fun Laughing Song
I’m single but interviewing.
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Interviewing Person Single
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 don’t know why I go to extremes.
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Extremes Insanity Knows
You can linger too long in your dreams.
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Dream Linger Long
Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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Color Philosophy Rainbow
There was an edge of, ‘Go away kid, you’re bothering me’. I’ve kicked myself a million times since. I could’ve discovered Whitney Houston.
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Away Going Houston Kids

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