It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
-
-
Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
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 -
Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
BILLY JOEL -
In hell there’s a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never opened. No phone so you can’t call home, and the TV works, but the clicker is broken.
BILLY JOEL -
You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
BILLY JOEL -
I don’t know why I go to extremes.
BILLY JOEL -
No matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
BILLY JOEL -
I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
BILLY JOEL -
Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
BILLY JOEL -
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
BILLY JOEL -
In 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 JOEL -
Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
BILLY JOEL -
I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
BILLY JOEL -
Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
BILLY JOEL -
I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
BILLY JOEL