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If you tell kids they can't have something, that's what they want.

Billy Joel

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Billy Joel
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 9
Composer
Musician
Pianist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
New York City
New York
William Martin Joel
William Martin Billy Joel
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William M. Joel
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Give a moment or two to the angry young man with his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand.
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Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
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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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