There ain't much future for a man who works the sea, there ain't no island left for islanders like me. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
They say that these are not the best of times, but they're the only times I've ever known. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I'm totally cool. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I'm writing new music all the time. I'm just not writing pop stuff. It's not my goal. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Slow down you're doing fine You can't be everything you want to be before your time. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
...now as we induldge, in things refined, we hide our hearts, from harder times... — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we're on the verge… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
If it seems like I've been lost in 'lets remember', If it seems I'm gettin' older and missin' my younger days, well… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come this far. I took the good times,… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
This is the time to remember cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold onto cause we won't… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination,… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Slow down you're doing fine You can't be everything you want to be Before your time Although it's so romantic on the… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
They say that these are not the best of times, but they're the only times I've ever known. And I believe there… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
One of the last times that we played in the area before I wrote "Allentown," I remember a guy coming up to… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Don't go changing to try and please me You never let me down before Don't imagine you're too familiar And I don't… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Don't go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before Don't imagine you're too familiar And I don't… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
The happiest times in my life were when my relationships were going well - when I was in love with someone, and… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Give a moment or two to the angry young man with his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Know what you love and do what you love. If you don't do what you love, you're just wasting your time. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
People always think I was just playing in a piano bar, but I only did that for about six months. The rest… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
“And in the evening After the fire and the light One thing is certain: Nothing can hold back the light Time is… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck... I… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She's ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
You better believe there will be times in your life when you'll be feeling like a stumbling fool. So take it from… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
You're having a hard time and lately you don't feel so good; You're getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood. It's alright,… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Everybody is different. Some writers can write reams of great books and then J. D. Salinger wrote just a few. Beethoven wrote nine symphonies.… — Billy Joel Copy Share
In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in… — Billy Joel Copy Share
I don't want some pretty face to tell me pretty lies, all I want is someone to believe. — Billy Joel Copy Share
I've always said about 50% of what happens at a concert has to do with the audience. If you play for a dead audience… — Billy Joel Copy Share
Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial… — Billy Joel Copy Share
Usually when I'm writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.… — Billy Joel Copy Share
I was listening to stuff and I realized that I've had a lot of different lives. You know the theory [that says] every seven… — Billy Joel Copy Share
If you said good-bye to me tonight, There would still be music left to write. — Billy Joel Copy Share
If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I… — Billy Joel Copy Share
