You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.

BILLY JOEL

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You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.

Billy Joel

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I’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.

BILLY JOEL

I’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still are.
BILLY JOEL

Political Soldiers Trying
Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.

BILLY JOEL

Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.
BILLY JOEL

Easy Harmonizing Needs Stage
Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.

BILLY JOEL

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

Everybody Somehow
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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
BILLY JOEL

Musician Position Unlikely
Bob Proctor
BOB PROCTOR
You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.
BILLY JOEL
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Classical Rolling Stones Use
I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.

BILLY JOEL

I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
BILLY JOEL

Graduate Self
There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.

BILLY JOEL

There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
BILLY JOEL

Islands
I didn’t have this rebellious streak in me. To me, I’m a product of circumstance.
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Rebellious Streak
In an age of incompetence, I’ve been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That’s my job.

BILLY JOEL

In an age of incompetence, I’ve been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That’s my job.
BILLY JOEL

Jobs Crazy
My songs are like my kids.

BILLY JOEL

My songs are like my kids.
BILLY JOEL

Kids Like
Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
BILLY JOEL

Rocks Roll Vitality
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.

BILLY JOEL

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.
BILLY JOEL

Cake Mistakes
If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.

BILLY JOEL

If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
BILLY JOEL

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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