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I look at some of the songs I wrote years ago and I can't believe I wrote such crap.

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
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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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If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
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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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She can kill with a smile. She can wound with her eyes. She can ruin your faith with her casual lies. And she only reveals what she wants you to see. She hides like a child, but she's always a woman to me.
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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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When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
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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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You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
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The joy of life is made up of obscure and seemingly mundane victories that give us our own small satisfactions.
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I'm single but interviewing.
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I actually wrote the song first as well, it's 9 o'clock on a Saturday. That bit. Then I said, You know what? It needs some kind of an introduction to kind of set the mood and set the flavor. So I just played this kind of cocktail lounge thing, the hustle and bustle of waitresses going by - that kind of thing.
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You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own.
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Slow down you're doing fine You can't be everything you want to be before your time.
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I believe I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I've found that just surviving is a noble fight. I once believed in causes too I had my pointless points of view. And life went on no matter who as wrong or right.
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We're on the verge of all things new.
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Call you up in the middle of the night. It's awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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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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I've reached the age where competence is a turn-on.
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