Know what you love and do what you love. If you don’t do what you love, you’re just wasting your time.
BILLY JOELThere’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
More Billy Joel Quotes
-
-
I watched the mighty skyline fall
BILLY JOEL -
Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?
BILLY JOEL -
They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.
BILLY JOEL -
You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
BILLY JOEL -
More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
BILLY JOEL -
You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
BILLY JOEL -
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.
BILLY JOEL -
The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
BILLY JOEL -
When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
BILLY JOEL -
I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
BILLY JOEL -
Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
BILLY JOEL -
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.
BILLY JOEL -
Hope you don’t think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I’m a piano player. I’m already unplugged.
BILLY JOEL -
My songs are like my kids.
BILLY JOEL -
I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
BILLY JOEL







