There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
BILLY JOELThere’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
BILLY JOELWhy do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
BILLY JOELI keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
BILLY JOELevery time I’ve held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
BILLY JOELI won’t be righteous again. I’m not sure anymore.
BILLY JOELThere’s nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.
BILLY JOELNo matter what culture you’re from, everyone loves music.
BILLY JOELYou only beat me if you get me to hate.
BILLY JOELI was having a hard time a couple of years ago… I’m a good driver, I just had bad luck.
BILLY JOELYou’ve given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
BILLY JOELI don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
BILLY JOELCritics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
BILLY JOELI see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
BILLY JOELIt’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There’s an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, ‘Son, can you play me a memory?
BILLY JOELSome love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.
BILLY JOELI sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
BILLY JOEL