Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
BILLY JOELHistorically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
BILLY JOELAnd you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
BILLY JOELLoneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
BILLY JOELIf you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
BILLY JOELThey say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
BILLY JOELWorking too hard can give you a heart-attack.
BILLY JOELI’ve played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
BILLY JOELI have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
BILLY JOELOut of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.
BILLY JOELMost of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
BILLY JOELI would not leave you in your times of trouble. We 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.
BILLY JOELIn every heart there is a room, a sanctuary safe and strong, to heal the wounds from lovers past, until a new one comes along…
BILLY JOELI believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
BILLY JOELSay goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
BILLY JOELYou’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
BILLY JOELRock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
BILLY JOEL