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Your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation.

Billy Joel

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Billy Joel
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 9
Composer
Musician
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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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I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women.
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I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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Well we're waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real
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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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You look so polished from your hair down to your toes, but still your finger's gonna pick your nose.
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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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When I first started I didn't know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of 'em. But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that's trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.
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You've given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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She'll carelessly cut you and laugh while you're bleeding.
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