Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
BILLY JOELLike family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
BILLY JOELI’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
BILLY JOELI consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. …
BILLY JOELHistorically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
BILLY JOELThere’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
BILLY JOELYou should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.
BILLY JOELDo what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody
BILLY JOELHope you don’t think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I’m a piano player. I’m already unplugged.
BILLY JOELI definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
BILLY JOELUsually when I’m writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.
BILLY JOELI’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
BILLY JOELWe all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
BILLY JOELSergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
BILLY JOELI didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
BILLY JOELDon’t go changing to try and please me You never let me down before Don’t imagine you’re too familiar And I don’t see you anymore I would not leave you in times of trouble
BILLY JOELDon’t go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
BILLY JOEL