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My songs are like my kids.
Billy Joel
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Billy Joel
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 9
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William Martin Joel
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William M. Joel
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Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are.
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Sergeant O'Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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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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You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
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I keep telling people: Don't make me the poster boy for AA because I don't know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
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Following a code of silence, you're never gonna lose the anger.
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We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it
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Musicians know all about unemployment. You're unemployed a lot, and I think there's a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.
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The biggest regret? This may be one of those years I have no regrets.
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun.
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Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That's all right, my love, 'cause you're my home.
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I've always said about 50% of what happens at a concert has to do with the audience. If you play for a dead audience you're gonna stink. If we play for a great crowd we're much better. You want 'em to make noise. It's kinda like sex, if they don't make noise, you ain't doin' it right.
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Though you can see when you're wrong, you know you can't always see when you're right.
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There ain't much future for a man who works the sea, there ain't no island left for islanders like me.
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You look so polished from your hair down to your toes, but still your finger's gonna pick your nose.
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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it's old junk, it's still rock and roll to me.
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It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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You're having a hard time and lately you don't feel so good You're getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood. It's alright, it's alright Sometimes that's what it takes. You're only human, you're allowed to make your share of mistakes.
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Know what you love and do what you love. If you don't do what you love, you're just wasting your time.
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