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.
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 JOELSlow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead
BILLY JOELI’ve crashed my car three times.
BILLY JOELYes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.
BILLY JOELMost people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
BILLY JOELYou’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
BILLY JOELAs an atheist you have to rationalize things… Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can’t, you have no choice but to be good and scared — but that’s okay!
BILLY JOELThere ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
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 see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
BILLY JOELYou can linger too long in your dreams.
BILLY JOELWhere have you been hanging out lately honey? You can’t dress trashy ’til you spend a lot of money.
BILLY JOELThey say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known. And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
BILLY JOELDon’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.
BILLY JOELWe drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don’t know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
BILLY JOELIf it seems like I’ve been lost in ‘lets remember’, If it seems I’m gettin’ older and missin’ my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.
BILLY JOEL