There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
BILLY JOELI’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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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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But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that’s trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
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I keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
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People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don’t wanna know about your technical problems, or if you’re not feeling good, they don’t wanna know we have a glitch. It’s their night, you better do something to earn that money.
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When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
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Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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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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I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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Though it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
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Know what you love and do what you love. If you don’t do what you love, you’re just wasting your time.
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So I would choose to be with you. That’s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too. And you can have this heart to break. And so it goes, and so it goes. And you’re the only one who knows.
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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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