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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
British
Lawrence
Arabia

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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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Though you can see when you're wrong, you know you can't always see when you're right.
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Let me go on sleeping and I will lose myself in palaces of sand, and all the fantasies that I've been keeping will make the empty hours easier to stand.
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I don't want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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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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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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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
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Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
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It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
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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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As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
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You've got your passion. You've got your pride. But don't you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true.
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People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don't wanna know about your technical problems, or if you're not feeling good, they don't wanna know we have a glitch. It's their night, you better do something to earn that money.
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I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
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I always thought of myself as the piano player in the band. That, I suppose, I'm confident about, and I guess my songwriting developed as I went along and I got a certain amount of confidence in that. The songs are like my kids, I'm proud of all of them for one reason or another.
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I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
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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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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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You've given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
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