Billy Joel Quotes
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.
A typical day in the life of a heavy metal musician consists of a round of golf and an AA meeting.
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 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 can't remember faces, don't remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.
Hope you don't think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I'm a piano player. I'm already unplugged.
There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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."
People in music lie, but they don't expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
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.
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.
People always think I was just playing in a piano bar, but I only did that for about six months. The rest of the time I was playing in bands.
Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won't stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
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.
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.
Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
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.
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.
You look so polished from your hair down to your toes, but still your finger's gonna pick your nose.
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.
I've written a bunch of stuff that no one's ever heard, and I don't know if they ever will. I'm just doing it for my own edification.
She's got a way about her, And everywhere she goes, a million dreams of love surround her, everywhere.
I compare songwriting to childbirth. How many kids can you have before your uterus explodes?
I'm a cosmopolitan sophisticate of culture and intelligence. The culmination of technology and civilized experience.
Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That's all right, my love, 'cause you're my home.
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?
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.
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.
