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Here I am starting a franchise and I'm gonna be 65 years old. I should've started this in 1978... I wrote like 300 songs and I'm gonna have to re-learn some of them!

Billy Joel

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Billy Joel
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 9
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There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck... I was having a hard time a couple of years ago... I'm a good driver, I just had bad luck.
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I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist.
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If I traveled all my life And I never get to stop and settle down Long as I have you by my side There's a roof above and good walls all around You're my castle, you're my cabin and my instant pleasure dome I need you in my house 'cause you're my home.
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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it's old junk, it's still rock and roll to me.
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Give a moment or two to the angry young man with his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand.
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Do what's good for you Or you're not good for anybody
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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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Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I'm totally cool.
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You've got yoga, I've got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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I look at some of the songs I wrote years ago and I can't believe I wrote such crap.
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There's always a place for the angry young man with his fist in the air and his head in the sand. He's never been able to learn from mistakes, he can't understand why his heart always breaks.
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People in music lie, but they don't expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
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Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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You've given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible.
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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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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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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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Though you can see when you're wrong, you know you can't always see when you're right.
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