When I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
BILLY JOELWhen I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
BILLY JOELYou can speak your mind But not on my time.
BILLY JOELThough you can see when you’re wrong, you know you can’t always see when you’re right.
BILLY JOELWhen I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
BILLY JOELI said I love you and that’s forever And this I promise from the heart I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.
BILLY JOELI once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
BILLY JOELI can’t remember faces, don’t remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.
BILLY JOELI may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
BILLY JOELI don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
BILLY JOELI sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
BILLY JOELSay goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
BILLY JOELIt should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.
BILLY JOELIt’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There’s an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, ‘Son, can you play me a memory?
BILLY JOELI won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
BILLY JOELYou’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
BILLY JOELWhat if she figures out you’re not very smart?
BILLY JOEL