Billy Joel Quotes

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.

She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.

Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don't. I write in hot blood.

Someday we'll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that's how you and I will be

...And you're the only one who knows.

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

There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.

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.

I've lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.

More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.

Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.

It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two

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.

You can speak your mind But not on my time.

I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.

I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.

you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you're looking for

I've learned to dance with a hand in my pants.

Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again

Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.

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.

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?

Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?

Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.

The joy of life is made up of obscure and seemingly mundane victories that give us our own small satisfactions.

You've given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.

We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.

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.

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.

I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.

Call you up in the middle of the night. It's awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.

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.

They say there's a heaven for those who wait, some say it's better I say it ain't.

Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.

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

There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.

Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don't have that, you're kidding yourself and your listener.

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.

I can't remember faces, don't remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.

I don't care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.

I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.

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.

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 reached the age where competence is a turn-on.

Hope you don't think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I'm a piano player. I'm already unplugged.

I don't know why I go to extremes.

I'm in a New York state of mind

We're on the verge of all things new.

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.

Drank a lot of take home pay.