There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
BILLY JOELThere are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
BILLY JOELI’m not really sure how it goes / But it’s sad and it’s sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man’s clothes.’
BILLY JOELI’m single but interviewing.
BILLY JOELNo 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 JOELI have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
BILLY JOELMusicians know all about unemployment. You’re unemployed a lot, and I think there’s a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.
BILLY JOELOut 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 JOELSo I would choose to be with you. That’s if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too. And you can have this heart to break. And so it goes, and so it goes. And you’re the only one who knows.
BILLY JOELI definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.
BILLY JOELI’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.
BILLY JOELI’m not sure about life after this; god knows I’m not a spiritual man.
BILLY JOELAin’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
BILLY JOELYou may be wrong, but you may be right.
BILLY JOELSo many faces in and out of my life Some will last Some will be just now and then. Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again.
BILLY JOELI have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
BILLY JOELIt’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
BILLY JOEL