Billy Joel
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"William Martin" ""Billy"" "Joel" is an American pianist, singer-songwriter, and composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man (song)/Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States. His compilation album Greatest Hits (Billy Joel albums)/Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2 is the List of best-selling albums in the United States/third best-selling album in the United States by discs shipped.

Joel had Top 40 hits in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, achieving 33 Top 40 hits in the United States, all of which he wrote himself. He is also a six-time Grammy Award winner who has been nominated for 23 Grammy Awards throughout his career. He has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the List of best-selling music artists/best-selling artists of all time.

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The good ole days weren't always good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.

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.

Don't go trying some new fashionDon't change the color of your hair. . . .I could not love you any betterI love you just the way you are.

You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own.

It's okay if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.

Slow down you're doing fineYou can't be everything you want to beBefore your time.

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints, sinners are much more fun.

In every heart there is a roomA sanctuary safe and strongTo heal the wounds from lovers pastUntil a new one comes along.

If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.

Honesty. It's such a lonely word.

I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.

But I don't want some pretty faceTo tell me pretty liesAll I want is someone to believe.