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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.

Billy Joel

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’m single but interviewing.
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Interviewing Person Single
Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
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Art Rock Roll War
Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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Celebrity Disneyland Peter
Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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Musician Position Thinking Unlikely
Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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Musician Safety Wire
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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Community People Writing
I’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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Girl Kind Rock Roll
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
This is the time to remember cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold onto cause we won’t although we’ll want to.
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Forever Remember Sadness Want
No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
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Education Endless Same Years
There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
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Angel Come Future Miracle War World
You can’t go the distance with too much resistance
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Distance Much Resistance Too
Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.
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Easy Harmonizing Needs Stage
Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise…
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Discounts Giving Reality
They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
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Evil Heaven Waiting

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