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You can speak your mind But not on my time.

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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The biggest regret? This may be one of those years I have no regrets.
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don't. I write in hot blood.
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Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it's either sadness or euphoria.
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Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
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I did write a letter to the archdiocese who'd banned the song, Only the Good Die Young, asking them to ban my next record.
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I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I've been looking for.
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Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, Listen to me. Now it says, Look at me.
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What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
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In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job.
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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Even though I'm in love, sometimes I get so afraid.
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Why don't the Beatles get back together? Why don't nobody sing of romance?
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