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 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
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 Copy Share Image
It's a little intimidating to walk into a studio and know that you're going to sing a duet with Barbra Streisand. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I've written a bunch of stuff that no one's ever heard, and I don't know if they ever will. I'm just doing… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don't know why I even care, we… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I am the entertainer and I know just where I stand Another serenader and another long haired band Today I am your… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
'Our parents' generation had it a lot tougher than we did. They had to live through the Depression, World War II, and… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don't wanna know about your technical problems, or if you're… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
In every heart there is a room, a sanctuary safe and strong, to heal the wounds from lovers past, until a new… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Though you can see when you're wrong, you know you can't always see when you're right. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I actually wrote the song first as "well, it's 9 o'clock on a Saturday." That bit. Then I said, You know what?… — 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 Image
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 Image
I don't want some pretty face to tell me pretty lies, all I want is someone to believe. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
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 Image
If you said good-bye to me tonight, There would still be music left to write. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
