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I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.

Billy Joel

We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
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Demand Music Successful
I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
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Country Musical Tragedy
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.
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Cake Loneliness Love Mistakes Smile
I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.
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Consistency Craftmanship Long Piano
Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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Advice Answers Waiting
Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
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Back Music Romance Together
You’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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Given Needs Relationship
Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
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Blac Color Philosophy White
I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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Girl Kind Rock Roll
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
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
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Mean Opinion Singers
I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
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Not Philosophy Righteous Sure
Don’t be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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Moment Now South Trying
Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
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Baby Country Goodbye Hollywood
Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She’s ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.
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Giving Mind Waiting
I don’t know why I go to extremes.
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Extremes Insanity Knows
There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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Conversation Paranoia Someone Talk Way
It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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Alright Loses Two
I’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
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Men Not Spiritual Sure
Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
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Cold Junk Punk Rocks Roll
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 started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
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Parent Piano Play Years
There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
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Couple Hard Times Years
Most of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
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Anyway One Songs
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
Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
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Heart Loud Musician Voices
My songs are like my kids.
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Kids Like Song

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