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It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
Billy Joel
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Billy Joel
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 9
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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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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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I've played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons. I didn't like the lessons very much, but I was enchanted by music. Music always transported me somewhere. Singing made feel good and being able to play the piano made me feel good.
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I actually wrote the song first as well, it's 9 o'clock on a Saturday. That bit. Then I said, You know what? It needs some kind of an introduction to kind of set the mood and set the flavor. So I just played this kind of cocktail lounge thing, the hustle and bustle of waitresses going by - that kind of thing.
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Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I'm totally cool.
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I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
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I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here's a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
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Why don't the Beatles get back together? Why don't nobody sing of romance?
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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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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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We passed the hash pipe and played our Doors tapes.
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We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
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You've got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
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Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
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Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can't dress trashy 'til you spend a lot of money.
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