I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.
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.
More Billy Joel Quotes
-
-
I don’t know why I go to extremes.
BILLY JOEL -
Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
BILLY JOEL -
Only the good die young.
BILLY JOEL -
I could walk away from anyone I ever knew, but I can’t walk away from you.
BILLY JOEL -
Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
BILLY JOEL -
They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.
BILLY JOEL -
There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
BILLY JOEL -
I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
BILLY JOEL -
What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
BILLY JOEL -
Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.
BILLY JOEL -
I won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
BILLY JOEL -
If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
BILLY JOEL -
You’re having a hard time and lately you don’t feel so good; You’re getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood. It’s alright, it’s alright.
BILLY JOEL -
Though it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.
BILLY JOEL -
Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.
BILLY JOEL -
Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
BILLY JOEL -
You’ve got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.
BILLY JOEL -
If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things.
BILLY JOEL -
I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
BILLY JOEL -
They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
BILLY JOEL -
Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.
BILLY JOEL -
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 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 JOEL -
I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
BILLY JOEL -
I’ve come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it’s a Greek tragedy.
BILLY JOEL -
Sometimes that’s what it takes. You’re only human, you’re allowed to make your share of mistakes.
BILLY JOEL -
Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems
BILLY JOEL