Out 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 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 JOELYou can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too.
BILLY JOELTwyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?
BILLY JOELWhen I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I’m a message guy, per se. I write about people. I like to write about human beings, not crap political rhetoric.
BILLY JOELI’ve crashed my car three times.
BILLY JOELI’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
BILLY JOELI didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
BILLY JOELWe all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
BILLY JOELAnd the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
BILLY JOELSome love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
BILLY JOELI see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
BILLY JOELEven when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
BILLY JOELWhy do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
BILLY JOELWe might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
BILLY JOELThere are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
BILLY JOELThey are sharing a drink called loneliness.
BILLY JOEL