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 JOELVideos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”
More Billy Joel Quotes
-
-
I’m probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14-to meet women. …
BILLY JOEL -
Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
BILLY JOEL -
Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
BILLY JOEL -
When 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 JOEL -
I 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 JOEL -
You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
BILLY JOEL -
I would not leave you in your times of trouble. 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.
BILLY JOEL -
No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
BILLY JOEL -
Mozart wrote some 40 symphonies, and they were all phenomenal. That doesn’t mean Beethoven was a lesser writer, it’s just some guys are capable of more productivity, some guys take more time.
BILLY JOEL -
I’m in a New York state of mind
BILLY JOEL -
Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
BILLY JOEL -
There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
BILLY JOEL -
Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
BILLY JOEL -
In 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 -
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







