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Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money.

Billy Joel

I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
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Music Probably Reason Started Writing
She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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Compliment Eye Smile
Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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Back Music Romance Together
I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
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Education Graduate School Self Teacher
I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
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Mistakes Originals Theory
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
She’s got a smile that heals me.
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Compliment Heal Smile
I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.
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Inspirational Motivational Music
Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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Allowed Mistakes Sometimes Takes
We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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Hurt Laughing might
I don’t know why people thought I was retiring.
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People Retirement Retiring
If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
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Human Music Need Same Things
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
Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be before your time.
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Fine Slow Down Want
There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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Kindness People Reality
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

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