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If It Seems Like I've Been Lost In 'lets Remember', If It Seems I'm Gettin' Older And Missin' My Younger Days, Well You Shoulda Known Me Much Better, Cause The Past Is Something That Never Got In My Way.

-Billy Joel

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If It Seems Like I've Been Lost In 'lets Remember', If It Seems I'm Gettin' Older And Missin' My Younger Days, Well You Shoulda Known Me Much Better, Cause The Past Is Something That Never Got In My Way.

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'our Parents' Generation Had It A Lot Tougher Than We Did. They Had To Live Through The Depression, World War Ii, And Then They Had To, You Know, Try To Pick Up The Pieces Of Their Lives And Bring Up Their Children. And, It Was A Great Example For Us. I Guess We Grew Up With A Certain Amount Of The Ethics Our Parents Had, Which Is, You Know: Work Hard, Make Your Own Way, Be Independent.

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I've Crashed My Car Three Times.

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I May Be An Antique Like The Stones, But Antiques Are Valuable.

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You Get Paid Like A Really Good Call Girl. Walking Offstage Is Like The Walk Of Shame.

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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Videos Destroyed The Vitality Of Rock And Roll. Before That, Music Said, "listen To Me." Now It Says, "look At Me."

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What If She Figures Out You're Not Very Smart?

Unanswered Questions

Call Me A Joker, Call Me A Fool, Right At This Moment I'm Totally Cool.

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In Hell There's A Big Hotel Where The Bar Just Closed And The Windows Never Opened. No Phone So You Can't Call Home, And The Tv Works, But The Clicker Is Broken.

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It Should Be Easy For A Man Who's Strong To Say He's Sorry Or Admit When He's Wrong.

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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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Even Though I'm In Love, Sometimes I Get So Afraid.

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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I Keep Telling People: Don't Make Me The Poster Boy For Aa Because I Don't Know A Lot About Sobriety, But I Do Know A Lot About Drinking.

It's Ok If You Mess Up. You Should Give Yourself A Break.

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We're Only Human, We're Supposed To Make Mistakes.

Making Mistakes

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I Was Thinking Of The Four Seasons, Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons, And When I Was Thinking "uptown Girl!" I Was Trying To Sing Like Frankie Valli. They Had A Song Called "ragdoll," Which Was About A Poor Girl And A Rich Guy. So I Just Flipped It Around And Made It About A Rich Girl And A Poor Guy.

Dream On, But Don't Imagine They'll All Come True. When Will You Realize... Vienna Waits For You.

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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Lawrence Of Arabia

If I Need A Cause For Celebration, Or A Comfort I Can Use To Ease My Mind, I Rely On My Imagination, And I Dream Of An Imaginary Time.

Those Who Have Expressed Doubts And Misgivings About Their Ability To Live This Kind Of Life Shouldn't Try, Because Being A Musician Is Not Something You Chose To Be, It Is Something You Are.

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It's Really Hard To Make A Living As A Musician. It's Almost Impossible.

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I Always Wrote The Music First, And The Music Gave Me The Mood And The Lyrics Were Pretty Much Put In To Give You A Map, Where That Mood Came From And Where It's Going. But My First Love Was Really The Music Itself, And I Guess I've Gone Back To That.

Only The Good Die Young.

I Don't Know Why I Go To Extremes.

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I Started Taking Piano Lessons When I Was About Four Years Old. My Parents Were Both Musicians. So I Took Piano Lessons. I Didn't Like The Lessons Very Much, But I Was Enchanted By Music. Music Always Transported Me Somewhere. Singing Made Feel Good And Being Able To Play The Piano Made Me Feel Good.

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When I Was 19, I Made My First Good Week's Pay As A Club Musician. It Was Enough Money For Me To Quit My Job At The Factory And Still Pay The Rent And Buy Some Food. I Freaked.

We Are Living In A Time When American Popular Music Is Finally Being Recognized As One Of Our Most Successful Exports. The Demand Is Huge.

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I Believe There Is A Time For Meditation In Cathedrals Of Our Own.

I Am The Entertainer, I've Come To Do My Show You've Heard My Latest Record, It's Been On The Radio It Took Me Years To Write It, They Were The Best Years Of My Life It Was A Beautiful Song But It Ran Too Long If You're Gonna Have A Hit You Gotta Make It Fit So They Cut It Down To 3:05.

Ain't No Rainbows Shining On Me, Shades Of Gray Are The Colors I See.

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We Might Be Laughing A Bit Too Loud, But That Never Hurt No One

Streetlife Serenader Never Sang On Stages, Needs No Orchestration, Melody Comes Easy, Need No Vast Arrangement To Do Their Harmonizing.

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.

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?

The Whole World Loves American Movies, Blue Jeans, Jazz And Rock And Roll. It Is Probably A Better Way To Get To Know Our Country Than By What Politicians Or Airline Commercials Represent.

Know What You Love And Do What You Love. If You Don't Do What You Love, You're Just Wasting Your Time.

Wasting Your Time

You Can’t Go The Distance With Too Much Resistance

Rock And Roll Cola Wars, I Can't Take It Any More.

When I Was A Young Musician, The Only Option Available To Pursue Secondary Education In Music Was To Attend A Classical Conservatory.

Why Do Musicians Give So Much Time To Charitable Causes? The Most Humanitarian Cause That We Can Give Our Time To Is The Creation And Performance Of Music Itself.

I've Passed The Age Of Consciousness And Righteous Rage. I Found That Just Surviving Was A Noble Fight.

As An Atheist You Have To Rationalize Things... Then You Have To Try And Make Some Sort Of Sense Out Of Your Problems. And If You Try And Find You Can't, You Have No Choice But To Be Good And Scared -- But That's Okay!

You Only Beat Me If You Get Me To Hate.

When I See An Entire Community Disenfranchised, It Disturbs Me. Not That I'm A Message Guy, Per Se. I Write About People. I Like To Write About Human Beings, Not Crap Political Rhetoric. I've Tried To Avoid That All My Life. When I Wrote About Soldiers In Vietnam, I Wasn't Trying To Make A Political Statement. I Was Trying To Write About How Screwed Things Were For Soldiers, And How They Still Are.

Musicians Now Find Themselves In The Unlikely Position Of Being Legitimate. At Least The Irs Thinks So.

There Ain't Much Future For A Man Who Works The Sea, There Ain't No Island Left For Islanders Like Me.

I Said I Love You And That's Forever And This I Promise From The Heart I Could Not Love You Any Better I Love You Just The Way You Are.

I Think Historically America Has Been Pretty Tolerant. It Seems When There's A Mass Influx From One Place, That's When It Becomes Problematic For Americans.

I Had A Melody And A Rhythm And Chords, But Nothing To Talk About. I Remember Reading About How The Decline Of The Steel Industry Had Been Affecting The Lehigh Valley, And I Decided That's What I Was Going To Write The Song About.

Say Goodbye To The Oldies, But Goodies, Because The Good Old Days Weren't Always Good And Tomorrow Ain't As Bad As It Seems

I Never Said I Wasn't Going To Play Any More. I Don't Know Where That Came From.

You Can Pay Uncle Sam With All Your Overtime, Is That All You Get For Your Money?

Critics Have Said I Write Without Spontaneity, In Cold Blood. I Don't. I Write In Hot Blood.

I've Always Said About 50% Of What Happens At A Concert Has To Do With The Audience. If You Play For A Dead Audience You're Gonna Stink. If We Play For A Great Crowd We're Much Better. You Want 'em To Make Noise. It's Kinda Like Sex, If They Don't Make Noise, You Ain't Doin' It Right.

You're Not The Only One Who's Made Mistakes, But They're The Only Things That You Can Truly Call Your Own.

She'll Carelessly Cut You And Laugh While You're Bleeding.

I Was Drawn To Boxing Because I Got Beat Up As A Kid. I Was The Kid With The Piano Books In A New York Neighbourhood.

They Say That These Are Not The Best Of Times, But They're The Only Times I've Ever Known.

I Compare Songwriting To Childbirth. How Many Kids Can You Have Before Your Uterus Explodes?

And You Know That When The Truth Is Told That You Can Get What You Want Or You Can Just Get Old.

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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