There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck…
BILLY JOELCall you up in the middle of the night. It’s awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
More Billy Joel Quotes
-
-
She’s got a smile that heals me.
BILLY JOEL -
She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.
BILLY JOEL -
I’ve crashed my car three times.
BILLY JOEL -
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 JOEL -
When I first started I didn’t know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of ’em.
BILLY JOEL -
I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
BILLY JOEL -
Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev’rybody loves you now.
BILLY JOEL -
I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
BILLY JOEL -
I didn’t graduate high school, so I never got a teacher’s education, I’m mostly self-read, self-taught.
BILLY JOEL -
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 JOEL -
Most people you’d tell “I’m gonna be a musician,” they’d say, “you’re crazy, you’re gonna starve, you’re gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you’ll never make it, there’s too much competition.
BILLY JOEL -
I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
BILLY JOEL -
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 JOEL -
Historically, 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 JOEL -
There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.
BILLY JOEL