Though you can see when you’re wrong, you know you can’t always see when you’re right.
BILLY JOELThough you can see when you’re wrong, you know you can’t always see when you’re right.
BILLY JOELWe are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
BILLY JOELIf you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
BILLY JOELI 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.
BILLY JOELI’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
BILLY JOELLike family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
BILLY JOELRemember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.
BILLY JOELMozart 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.
BILLY JOELI’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
BILLY JOELMore than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
BILLY JOELMost of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
BILLY JOELMy songs are like my kids.
BILLY JOELHope you don’t think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I’m a piano player. I’m already unplugged.
BILLY JOELAdvice is cheap; you can take it from me.
BILLY JOELI’m single but interviewing.
BILLY JOELIf you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
BILLY JOEL