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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
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Singer-Songwriter
New York City
New York
William Martin Joel
William Martin Billy Joel
BJ
William M. Joel
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Kids

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I don't want some pretty face to tell me pretty lies, all I want is someone to believe.
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