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I Have To Thank My Mother For Paying For The Piano Lessons For All Those Years.

I Run Into People From The Lehigh Valley And Allentown All Over The World, And They're Obviously Doing Pretty Well. They Say, "oh, It's Pretty Nice There Now And There's A Lot Of New Businesses That Have Come Into The Area." Nobody's Telling Me, "yeah, I Left." Everybody Says, "you Know, I'm There. It's Great. It's Really Nice There, And You Made Our Town Famous."

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.

For Whatever Reason, Not All People Are Born With The Particular Gift Of Being Able To Express Ourselves Through Music. And, Believe Me, It Is A Gift.

You've Got To Be Hard, Like The Rock In That Old Rock & Roll.

I Don't Care What Consequence It Brings, I Have Been A Fool For Lesser Things.

I'm In A New York State Of Mind

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

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

I've Reached The Age Where Competence Is A Turn-on.

Most People You'd Tell "i'm Gonna Be A Musician," They'd Say, "you're Crazy, You're Gonna Starve, You're Gonna Be Poor, A Drug Addict, Go To Jail, You'll Never Make It, There's Too Much Competition, It's A Terrible Business," Etc. But My Chorus Teacher In High School Said, "you've Got What It Takes To Be A Really Good Professional Musician, You Should Consider It." That Was An Epiphany For Me. So I Thought, Well, Maybe I Can Help Somebody, Too.

I Didn't Graduate High School, So I Never Got A Teacher's Education, I'm Mostly Self-read, Self-taught. I Always Loved Music, So I Would Probably Either Be In A Band With Another Group Of People, Or An Arranger, A Producer, A Musicologist, A Music History Guy, Something To Do With Music. Either That, Or I Would Probably Be In Jail. Or Dead.

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.

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

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.

From A Town Known As Wheeling, West Virginia Rode A Boy With A Six-gun In His Hand And His Daring Life Of Crime Made Him A Legend In His Time East And West Of The Rio Grande. Well, He Started With A Bank In Colorado In The Pocket Of His Vest A Colt He Hid. And His Age And His Size Took The Teller By Surprise, And The Word Spread Of Billy The Kid.

She's Got A Smile That Heals Me.

We All End In The Ocean. We All Start In The Streams. We're All Carried Along, By The River Of Dreams.

I've Lived Long Enough To Have Learned, The Closer You Get To The Fire, The More You Get Burned.

Historically, Musicians Know What It Is Like To Be Outside The Norm - Walking The High Wire Without A Safety Net. Our Experience Is Not So Different From Those Who March To The Beat Of Different Drummers.

She's The Quiet Type Who's Into Heavy Metal.

Do What's Good For You Or You're Not Good For Anybody

She's Got A Way About Her, And Everywhere She Goes, A Million Dreams Of Love Surround Her, Everywhere.

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.

Every Time I've Held A Rose, It Seems I Only Felt The Thorns

Maybe This Won't Last Very Long But You Feel So Right And I Could Be Wrong. Maybe I've Been Hoping Too Hard. I've Gone This Far And It's More Than I Hope For.

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.

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

They Are Sharing A Drink Called Loneliness.

I Consider Myself To Be An Inept Pianist, A Bad Singer, And A Merely Competent Songwriter. ... I'm Probably Writing Music Now For The Same Reason As I Started Writing Songs When I Was 14-to Meet Women. ... If You Make Music For The Human Needs You Have Within Yourself, Then You Do It For All Humans Who Need The Same Things. You Enrich Humanity With The Profound Expression Of These Feelings. ... My Songs Are Like My Kids.

I Could Walk Away From Anyone I Ever Knew, But I Can't Walk Away From You.

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

Some Love Is Just A Lie Of The Heart, The Cold Remains Of What Began With A Passionate Heart.

We All Have A Face That We Hide Away Forever, And We Take Them Out And Show Ourselves When Everyone Has Gone.

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.

Like A Boxer In A Title Fight, You Have To Walk In That Ring Alone.

You Look So Polished From Your Hair Down To Your Toes, But Still Your Finger's Gonna Pick Your Nose.

You're Having A Hard Time And Lately You Don't Feel So Good; You're Getting A Bad Reputation In Your Neighborhood. It's Alright, It's Alright; Sometimes That's What It Takes. You're Only Human, You're Allowed To Make Your Share Of Mistakes.

I'm Single But Interviewing.

We Drown Our Doubts In Dry Champagne And Soothe Our Souls With Fine Cocaine. I Don't Know Why I Even Care, We Get So High And Get Nowhere.

I'm Probably Writing Music Now For The Same Reason As I Started Writing Songs When I Was 14 - To Meet Women.

It Feels Great To Have A #1 Album.

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.

If You Could Only Hear What I Dream.

You've Got Yoga, I've Got Beer. You Got Overpriced, I Got Weird.

Everybody Is Different. Some Writers Can Write Reams Of Great Books And Then J. D. Salinger Wrote Just A Few. Beethoven Wrote Nine Symphonies. They Were All Phenomenal. Mozart Wrote Some 40 Symphonies, And They Were All Phenomenal. That Doesn't Mean Beethoven Was A Lesser Writer, It's Just Some Guys Are Capable Of More Productivity, Some Guys Take More Time.

I Can't Remember Faces, Don't Remember Names, But After Awhile And A Thousand Miles It All Becomes The Same.

Advice Is Cheap; You Can Take It From Me.

I Really Wish I Was Less Of A Thinking Man And More Of A Fool Not Afraid Of Rejection.

Give Us This Day Our Daily Discount Outlet Merchandise...

Do What You Love, And You'll Always Love What You Do

Let Me Go On Sleeping And I Will Lose Myself In Palaces Of Sand, And All The Fantasies That I've Been Keeping Will Make The Empty Hours Easier To Stand.

You've Given Me The Best Of You, But Now I Need The Rest Of You.

Even When I Stop Performing Or Stop Making Records I Won't Stop Being Creative. Songwriting Is A Good Outlet.

I Don't Want Clever Conversation, I Never Want To Work That Hard, I Just Want Someone I Can Talk To, I Want You Just The Way You Are.

I Don't Belong In Limos Or Private Jets Or On Stage With People Cheering Me But That's What's Kept Me Grounded Because I Know It's Not Right.

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

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.

My Songs Are Like My Kids.

I Guess Some People In Classical Music Can Keep Going Until They Kick (die) And The (rolling) Stones Are Definitely Pushing The Envelope But I Wonder If Here's A Time When You Have To Face Whether You Are As Good As You Used To Be.

So You Play Your Albums And You Smoke Your Pot And You Meet Your Girlfriend In The Parking Lot Oh, But Still You're Aching For The Things You Haven't Got, What Went Wrong? And If You Can't Understand Why Your World Is So Dead And Why You've Got To Keep In Style And Feed Your Head Well, You're Twenty One And Still You Mother Makes Your Bed And That's Too Long.

They Say That These Are Not The Best Of Times, But They're The Only Times I've Ever Known. And I Believe There Is A Time For Meditation In Cathedrals Of Our Own. Now I Have Seen That Sad Surrender In My Lovers Eyes...and I Can Only Stand Apart And Sympathize...for We Are Only What Our Situations Hand Us...it's Either Sadness Or Euphoria.

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

Sweetness Flows From Your Appearance And Your Beauty Makes Me Fall More In Love With You. Anytime I Feel Low, I Think About The Good Times You Have Given Me And Everything Seems Good Again.

Move To California - My First Impression Of The Wild West.

First Impression

I Watched The Mighty Skyline Fall

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

I Tell The Audience Every Night, "i Hope You Didn't Pay More Than Face Value On That Ticket, Because We Ain't Worth More Than That, And You Ain't Gonna Get Any More Than That."

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.

Hustle And Bustle

I See The Winos Talking To Themselves And I Can Understand.

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.

Drank A Lot Of Take Home Pay.

Where Have You Been Hanging Out Lately Honey? You Can't Dress Trashy 'til You Spend A Lot Of Money.

I Don't Know Why I Go To Extremes.

A Typical Day In The Life Of A Heavy Metal Musician Consists Of A Round Of Golf And An Aa Meeting.

There Will Be Miracles After The Last War Is Won Science And Poetry Rule In The New World To Come Prophets And Angels Gave Us The Power To See What An Amazing Future There Will Be

'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.

I Once Believed In Causes, Too. Had My Pointless Point Of View. Life Went On No Matter Who Was Wrong Or Right.

Sergeant O'leary Is Walking The Beat, At Night He Becomes A Bar Tender.

I Think Music In Itself Is Healing. It's An Explosive Expression Of Humanity.

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.

I Am No Longer Afraid Of Becoming Lost, Because The Journey Back Always Reveals Something New, And That Is Ultimately Good For The Artist.

Someday We'll All Be Gone, But Lullabies Go On And On / They Never Die, That's How You And I Will Be

There's A Deep-seated Paranoia That Americans Have About Not Being Americans Or Something.

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.

In An Age Of Incompetence, I've Been Able To Last In This Crazy Business. I Actually Know How To Play My Ax And Write A Song. That's My Job.

Some Folks Like To Get Away Take A Holiday From The Neighborhood. Hop A Flight To Miami Beach Or To Hollywood But I'm Talking A Greyhound On The Hudson River Line. I'm In A New York State Of Mind.

In A Way, We Are Magicians. We Are Alchemists, Sorcerers And Wizards. We Are A Very Strange Bunch. But There Is Great Fun In Being A Wizard.

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

...and You're The Only One Who Knows.

Morning Inspirational

My Love For You

I'm Not Sure About Life After This; God Knows I'm Not A Spiritual Man.

All She Wanted Was Sax.

The Biggest Regret? This May Be One Of Those Years I Have No Regrets.

I Believe That All Important Matters Have To Be Settled Here, Not In The Clouds Somewhere After We Kick Off.

This Is Our Moment, Here At The Cross-roads Of Time. Time Is Relentless And As The Past Dissappears, We're On The Verge Of All Things New.

There Will Be Other Words Some Other Day; That Is The Story Of My Life.

Story Of My Life

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.

Honesty Is The Best Part Of Any Art Form. If You Don't Have That, You're Kidding Yourself And Your Listener.

You Can Walk Away From Your Mistakes You Can Turn Your Back On What You Do Just A Little Smile Is All It Takes And You Can Have Your Cake And Eat It Too. Loneliness Will Get To You Somehow But Ev'rybody Loves You Now.

I Sold My House To Jerry Seinfeld.

This Is The Time To Remember Cause It Will Not Last Forever. These Are The Days To Hold Onto Cause We Won't Although We'll Want To.

No End To Sorrow, Caused By The Same Endless Fears. Why Can't We Learn From All We've Been Through After Two Thousand Years?

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.

Musicians Want To Be The Loud Voice For So Many Quiet Hearts.

Why Should I Worry, Why Should I Care? And Even When I Cross That Line, I Got Street Savoire Faire.

I've Played All Kinds Of Places, Laid All Kinds Of Girls.

You May Be Right, I May Be Crazy, But It Just Might Be A Lunatic You're Looking For

We Passed The Hash Pipe And Played Our Doors Tapes.

Give A Moment Or Two To The Angry Young Man With His Foot In His Mouth And His Heart In His Hand.

There's A Place In The World For The Angry Young Man With His Working Class Ties And His Radical Plans He Refuses To Bend, He Refuses To Crawl He's Always At Home With His Back To The Wall And He's Proud Of His Scars And The Battles He's Lost And He Struggles And Bleeds As He Hangs On The Cross And He Likes To Be Known As The Angry Young Man.

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

I Am, As I've Said, Merely Competent. But In An Age Of Incompetence, That Makes Me Extraordinary.

The Happiest Times In My Life Were When My Relationships Were Going Well - When I Was In Love With Someone, And Someone Was Loving Me. But In My Whole Life, I Haven't Met The Person I Can Sustain A Relationship With Yet. So I'm Discontented About That. I'm Angry With Myself. I Have Regrets.

I'm Sure You Have Some Cosmic Rationale, But Here You Are With Your Faith And Your Peter Pan Advice.

I Think Music In Itself Is Healing. It's An Explosive Expression Of Humanity. It's Something We Are All Touched By. No Matter What Culture We're From, Everyone Loves Music.

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.

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.

What Will It Take For You To Believe In Me, The Way That I Believe In You?

Sing Us A Song You're The Piano Man. Sing Us A Song Tonight. Cause We're All In The Mood For A Melody, And You've Got Us Feeling All Right.

I Look At Some Of The Songs I Wrote Years Ago And I Can't Believe I Wrote Such Crap.

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

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

I'm A Piano Player. I Never Thought Of Myself As A Singer, At All. I Was Always Trying To Sound Like Somebody Else. I Don't Like My Own Voice, I Like Ray Charles, Robert Plant, I Like Joe Cocker, Rod Stewart, People That Have An Edge In Their Voice.

I Have Long Admired Steinway Pianos For Their Qualities Of Tone, Clarity, Pitch Consistency, Touch Responsiveness, And Superior Craftsmanship.

I'd Rather Laugh With The Sinners Than Cry With The Saints - The Sinners Are Much More Fun.

Out Of Respect For The Things That I Was Never Destined To Do, I Have Learned That My Strengths Are A Result Of My Weaknesses, My Success Is Due To My Failures, And My Style Is Directly Related To My Limitations.

Streetlife Serenaders Have No Obligations Hold No Grand Illusions Need No Stimulation.

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

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

Unanswered Questions

I See The Children With Their Boredom And Their Vacant Stares.

There Are People Who Have Lost Every Trace Of Human Kindness.

Following A Code Of Silence, You're Never Gonna Lose The Anger.

And The Only People I Fear Are Those Who Never Have Doubts... Save Us All From Arrogant Men, And All The Causes They're For.

I'm Writing For The Sake Of Writing Music. Whether It Gets Heard Or Not Isn't An Issue For Me. It Keeps My Own Juices Going And My Mind Active.

Oh, She Takes Care Of Herself. She Can Wait If She Wants. She's Ahead Of Her Time. Oh, And She Never Gives Out. And She Never Gives In. She Just Changes Her Mind.

My Daughter Sent Me On A Mission To Get As Many Autographs As Possible.

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?

My Friends And I Are Crazy. That's The Only Thing That Keeps Us Sane!

If You Search For Truthfulness, You Might As Well Be Blind.

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.

I Am The Entertainer And I Know Just Where I Stand Another Serenader And Another Long Haired Band Today I Am Your Champion, I May Have Won Your Hearts, But I Know The Game, You'll Forget My Name, And I Won't Be Here In Another Year If I Don't Stay On The Charts.

Artist - Musicians, Painters, Writers, Poets, Always Seem To Have Had The Most Accurate Perception Of What Is Really Going On Around Them, Not The Official Version Or The Popular Perception Of Contemporary Life.

I Would Not Leave You In Your Times Of Trouble. We Never Could Have Come This Far. I Took The Good Times, I'll Take The Bad Times, I'll Take You Just The Way You Are.

Slow Down You're Doing Fine You Can't Be Everything You Want To Be Before Your Time.

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

I've Come To Realize That Life Is Not A Musical Comedy, It's A Greek Tragedy.

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

In Every Heart There Is A Room, A Sanctuary Safe And Strong, To Heal The Wounds From Lovers Past, Until A New One Comes Along

Black And White Is How It Should Be, But Shades Of Grey Are The Colors I See.

Black And White

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

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.

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.

I'm Writing New Music All The Time. I'm Just Not Writing Pop Stuff. It's Not My Goal.

She Can Kill With Her Smile, She Can Wound With Her Eyes.

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

I Would Say The Songs That Have Different Lyrics. I Always Write The Music First, And There's A Couple Of Songs On This Box Set That Have Different Lyrics From What Ended Up On The Final Recording.

Don't Be Afraid To Try Again Everyone Goes South Every Now And Then.

You Just Sit Home And Masturbate. The Phone Is Going To Ring Soon, But You Just Can't Wait.

You Can Speak Your Mind But Not On My Time.

Speak Your Mind

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.

You Only Beat Me If You Get Me To Hate.

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

It's Alright, You Can Afford To Lose A Day Or Two

I Was Listening To Stuff And I Realized That I've Had A Lot Of Different Lives. You Know The Theory [that Says] Every Seven Years, You Have A Different Life? I Think That's True.

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

I'm A Statistic In A System That A Civil Servant Dominates.

The Piano Sounds Like A Carnival And The Microphone Smells Like A Beer. And They Sit At The Bar And Put Bread In My Jar And Say, Man, What Are You Doing Here?

And So My Child And I Came To This Place To Meet Him Eye To Eye And Face To Face. He Made My Daughter Laugh, Then We Embraced. We Never Knew What Friends We Had, Until We Came To Leningrad.

Don't Go Changing To Try And Please Me You Never Let Me Down Before Don't Imagine You're Too Familiar And I Don't See You Anymore I Would Not Leave You In Times Of Trouble We Never Could Have Come This Far I Took The Good Times, I'll Take The Bad Times I'll Take You Just The Way You Are Don't Go Trying Some New Fashion Don't Change The Color Of Your Hair. [...] I Could Not Love You Any Better I Love You Just The Way You Are.

They Say That No One's Gonna Play This On The Radio. They Said The Melancholy Blues Were Dead And Gone. But Only Songs Like These Played In Minor Keys, Keep Those Memories Holding On.

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.

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

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

I Have A Theory That The Only Original Things We Ever Do Are Mistakes.

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.

If You're A Very Unfulfilled Person You Might Have A Tendency To Turn To Crime.

The Joy Of Life Is Made Up Of Obscure And Seemingly Mundane Victories That Give Us Our Own Small Satisfactions.

I Always Hated My Hair, So Now It's Going Away.

You May Never Understand How The Stranger Is Inspired For He Is Not Always Evil, And He Is Not Always Wrong.

Take Risks. Take Chances. Don't Be Afraid. You Gotta Go Into Life Brave.

Some People Stay Far Away From The Door If There's A Chance Of It Opening Up. They Hear A Voice In The Hall Outside And Hope That It Just Passes By.

Though You Can See When You're Wrong, You Know You Can't Always See When You're Right.

I'm Not The Kind Of Guy Who Wants To Be On A Pedestal.

So I Would Choose To Be With You, That's If The Choice Were Mine To Make, But You Can Make Decisions Too, And You Can Have This Heart To Break

You Should Never Argue With A Crazy Mind, You Ought To Know My Now.

I'm Kind Of Putting My Toe Back In The Water And Seeing How It Feels. We're Going To Be Doing Stuff We Haven't Done For Years And Years And Years. So I'm Looking Forward To Seeing How This Stuff Flies.

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.

Well I Never Had A Place That I Could Call My Very Own/that's All Right, My Love, 'cause You're My Home.

It's Nine O'clock On A Saturday, The Regular Crowd Shuffles In / There's An Old Man Sitting Next To Me Making Love To His Tonic And Gin / He Says, 'son, Can You Play Me A Memory?/ I'm Not Really Sure How It Goes / But It's Sad And It's Sweet, And I Knew It Complete When I Wore A Younger Man's Clothes.'

So Many Faces In And Out Of My Life Some Will Last Some Will Be Just Now And Then. Life Is A Series Of Hellos And Goodbyes I'm Afraid It's Time For Goodbye Again. Say Goodbye To Hollywood Say Goodbye My Baby Say Goodbye To Hollywood Say Goodbye My Baby.

We're On The Verge Of All Things New.

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.

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

It's A Little Intimidating To Walk Into A Studio And Know That You're Going To Sing A Duet With Barbra Streisand.

Some People Find It's Easier To Hate.

Yes, They're Sharing A Drink They Call Loneliness But It's Better Than Drinkin' Alone.

I Took A Fresh Pack Of Luckies, A Mint Called Sen-sen, My Old Man's Trojans.

If I Ever Reach Heaven I Expect To Find Three Wonders There: First, To Meet Some I Had Not Thought To See There; Second, To Miss Some I Had Expected To See There; And Third, The Greatest Wonder Of All, To Find Myself There.

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

Every Child Had A Pretty Good Shot, To Get At Least As Far As Their Old Man Got. But Something Happened On The Way To That Place. They Threw An American Flag In Our Face.

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