Billy Joel

Only the good die young.

— Billy Joel

I'm in a New York state of mind

— Billy Joel

I've crashed my car three times.

— Billy Joel

All she wanted was sax.

— Billy Joel

I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.

— Billy Joel

I don't know why I go to extremes.

— Billy Joel

I'm a history nut.

— Billy Joel

Drank a lot of take home pay.

— Billy Joel

I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.

— Billy Joel

It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two

— Billy Joel

Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.

— Billy Joel

“You can get what you want or you can just get old.”

— Billy Joel

No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.

— Billy Joel

There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.

— Billy Joel

There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.

— Billy Joel

“There ain't no island left for islanders like me.”

— Billy Joel

You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own.

— Billy Joel

Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don't. I write in hot blood.

— Billy Joel

I don't care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.

— Billy Joel

In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new…

— Billy Joel

We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The…

— Billy Joel

I don't belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that's what's kept me grounded because…

— Billy Joel

Sing us a song you're the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we're all in the mood for a melody,…

— Billy Joel

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity.

— Billy Joel

I was listening to stuff and I realized that I've had a lot of different lives. You know the theory [that says]…

— Billy Joel

“And it was dark So dark at night And we held on to each other Like brother to brother We promised our…

— Billy Joel

I tell the audience every night, "I hope you didn't pay more than face value on that ticket, because we ain't worth…

— Billy Joel

I'm kind of putting my toe back in the water and seeing how it feels. We're going to be doing stuff we…

— Billy Joel

As an atheist you have to rationalize things... Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your…

— Billy Joel

You've got your passion. You've got your pride. But don't you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don't imagine…

— Billy Joel

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

The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to…

— Billy Joel

I run into people from the Lehigh Valley and Allentown all over the world, and they're obviously doing pretty well. They say,…

— Billy Joel

I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.…

— Billy Joel

I was thinking of the Four Seasons, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, and when I was thinking "Uptown Girl!" I was…

— Billy Joel

In every heart there is a room, a sanctuary safe and strong, to heal the wounds from lovers past, until a new…

— Billy Joel

Most people you'd tell "I'm gonna be a musician," they'd say, "you're crazy, you're gonna starve, you're gonna be poor, a drug…

— Billy Joel

When I first started I didn't know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire,…

— Billy Joel

I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. ... I'm probably writing music now…

— Billy Joel

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