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Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?

Billy Joel

Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
BILLY JOEL

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

Everybody Loneliness Love Somehow
You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
BILLY JOEL

Made Mistake Reality
They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
BILLY JOEL

Known Life Only Time
Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
BILLY JOEL

Family Like Musician Tied
Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
BILLY JOEL

Art Rock Roll War
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.
BILLY JOEL

Beautiful Down Gotta Life Years
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 Loneliness Love Mistakes Smile
every time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
BILLY JOEL

Life Relationship Rose
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.”
BILLY JOEL

Everybody Famous Really Town
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.
BILLY JOEL

Book Country Kids
Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
BILLY JOEL

Musician Position Thinking Unlikely
Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
BILLY JOEL

Anyway One Songs
Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
BILLY JOEL

Goodbye Life Series
So before we end And then begin We’ll drink a toast to how it’s been A few more hours to be complete A few more nights on satin sheets A few more times that I can say, I’ve loved these days.
BILLY JOEL

Drink Night Relationship
Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
BILLY JOEL

Dream Vienna Waiting

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