It’s alright, you can afford to lose a day or two
BILLY JOELIf you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.
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Nobody’s telling me, “Yeah, I left.” Everybody says, “You know, I’m there. It’s great. It’s really nice there, and you made our town famous.”
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I’m writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn’t an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
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I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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In an age of incompetence, I’ve been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That’s my job.
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I’m a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.
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If you tell kids they can’t have something, that’s what they want.
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In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
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I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.
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As 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.
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You’ve got yoga, I’ve got beer. You got overpriced, I got weird.
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Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
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