You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
BILLY JOELYou’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
BILLY JOELWe’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
BILLY JOELI 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.
BILLY JOELIf 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.
BILLY JOELMy daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
BILLY JOELIf you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
BILLY JOELI may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
BILLY JOELYou’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.
BILLY JOELYou can linger too long in your dreams.
BILLY JOELWe 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.
BILLY JOELWell I never had a place that I could call my very own/That’s all right, my love, ’cause you’re my home.
BILLY JOELIf 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.
BILLY JOELWhen I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
BILLY JOELI 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.
BILLY JOELI’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
BILLY JOELWhy 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.
BILLY JOEL