My songs are like my kids.
BILLY JOELMy songs are like my kids.
BILLY JOELCritics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
BILLY JOELI’ve crashed my car three times.
BILLY JOELI started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
BILLY JOELI’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
BILLY JOELPeople pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don’t wanna know about your technical problems, or if you’re not feeling good, they don’t wanna know we have a glitch. It’s their night, you better do something to earn that money.
BILLY JOELUsually when I’m writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.
BILLY JOELDon’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
BILLY JOELI’m single but interviewing.
BILLY JOELI’m in a New York state of mind
BILLY JOELI don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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 JOELI’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
BILLY JOELYou’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
BILLY JOELI see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
BILLY JOELIn a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
BILLY JOEL