I've lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship,… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Maybe this won't last very long but you feel so right and I could be wrong. Maybe I've been hoping too hard.… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Call you up in the middle of the night. It's awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need… — 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… — 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
If I traveled all my life And I never get to stop and settle down Long as I have you by my… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I am the entertainer, I've come to do my show You've heard my latest record, it's been on the radio It took… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
So you play your albums and you smoke your pot And you meet your girlfriend in the parking lot Oh, but still… — 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
