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Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.

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Billy Joel
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 9
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New York City
New York
William Martin Joel
William Martin Billy Joel
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William M. Joel
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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you're looking for
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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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You'll learn more from your accidents than anything that you could ever learn at school.
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And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
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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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Move to California - my first impression of the Wild West.
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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 look in the mirror and think, 'I don't look like a rock star.' I talked about this with Bono and we looked at each other and decided we look like a pair of bricklayers.
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My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
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Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.
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Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
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Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don't. I write in hot blood.
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