I was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
BILLY JOELI was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
BILLY JOELI can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
BILLY JOELShe’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
BILLY JOELThere’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
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.
BILLY JOELMost of my songs are written in one sitting, two sittings maybe. Those are the ones I like the best, anyway.
BILLY JOELYou only beat me if you get me to hate.
BILLY JOELHonesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
BILLY JOELWe’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.
BILLY JOELNobody who ever becomes big comes back here.” And I felt so sad for this kid, he seemed so bitter about it. I said, “Well, I’m coming back, no matter what.”
BILLY JOELI’ve tried to avoid that all my life. When I wrote about soldiers in Vietnam, I wasn’t trying to make a political statement. I was trying to write about how screwed things were for soldiers, and how they still 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 JOELWe all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
BILLY JOELAs human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.
BILLY JOELLife is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again
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 JOEL