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

Billy Joel

Know what you love and do what you love. If you don’t do what you love, you’re just wasting your time.
BILLY JOEL

Love Wasted Time
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
I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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Age Birthday Insecurity
Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
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Courage Fighting Title
She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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Compliment Eye Smile
Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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Everybody Famous Really Town
Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
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Blood Hot Writing
I’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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Men Not Spiritual Sure
I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
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About Affecting Going Remember Song Valley
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
I was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
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Booze Couple Hard Nothing Times
If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
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Life Love Motivational
She’s got a smile that heals me.
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Compliment Heal Smile
You’re having a hard time and lately you don’t feel so good; You’re getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood. It’s alright, it’s alright.
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Hard Mistakes Reputation Times
I’ve crashed my car three times.
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Believe Times Car Three
There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
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Alcohol Drug Men
In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
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Alchemist Fun Wizards
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
I am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio
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Beautiful Heard Record Song Writing
In every heart there is a room, a sanctuary safe and strong, to heal the wounds from lovers past, until a new one comes along…
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Comes Heart Past Sanctuary Strong
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
Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it’s either sadness or euphoria.
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Madness Philosophy Reality Sadness
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
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Mean Opinion Singers
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
Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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Back Music Romance Together
Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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Celebrity Disneyland Peter
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

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