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I'm a cosmopolitan sophisticate of culture and intelligence. The culmination of technology and civilized experience.

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
BJ
William M. Joel
Culture
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Sophisticate
Cosmopolitan
Culmination
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Civilized
Intelligence
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