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I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …

Billy Joel

Well we’re waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
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Graduation Help Real Teacher Wall
You only beat me if you get me to hate.
BILLY JOEL

Beats Hate Only
I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
BILLY JOEL

Active Issues Mind Writing
Usually when I’m writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.
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Around Long Sit Song Writing
You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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Beer Relationship Yoga
Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
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Color Philosophy Rainbow
And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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Old Share Told Truth
Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
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Dream Vienna Waiting
We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
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Humans Making Mistakes Suppose
Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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Heart Love Lying
It should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
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Relationship Sorry Strong
We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
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Forever Gone Insanity
You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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Enrich Expressions Kids Songs
Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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Creative Outlets Records
I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
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Men Rejection Thinking
As an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
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Atheists Evil Fear Problem Realize

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