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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.

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
Reality
Forced
Reason
Madness
Sadness
Recognize
Choose
Euphoria
Philosophy
Inhumanity
Either
Coexist
Though
Insanity

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