--- title: "10 Needs Quotes By Billy Joel" description: "10 Needs quotes by Billy Joel. Plus more from Billy Joel and more Needs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/billy-joel-1000_awful_call-you-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-i_2103043.png" --- > [Call you up in the middle of the night. It's awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/call-you-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-it-s-awful-hard-trying-to-make/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/billy-joel-1000_awful_call-you-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-i_2103043.png) > [You've given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/you-ve-given-me-the-best-of-you-but-now-i-need-the-rest-of-you/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f7/billy-joel-1000_given_you-ve-given-me-the-best-of-you-but-now_1786316.png) > [Streetlife serenaders Have no obligations Hold no grand illusions Need no stimulation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/streetlife-serenaders-have-no-obligations-hold-no-grand-illusions/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75f/billy-joel-1000_illusion_streetlife-serenaders-have-no-obligation_1578834.png) > [Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/streetlife-serenader-never-sang-on-stages-needs-no-orchestration/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef4/billy-joel-1000_arrangements_streetlife-serenader-never-sang-on-stage_934577.png) > [If I traveled all my life And I never get to stop and settle down Long as I have you by my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/if-i-traveled-all-my-life-and-i-never-get-to-stop-and-settle-down/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/103/billy-joel-1000_cabin_if-i-traveled-all-my-life-and-i-never-ge_865644.png) > [If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/if-i-need-a-cause-for-celebration-or-a-comfort-i-can-use-to-ease-my/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4b/billy-joel-1000_birthday_if-i-need-a-cause-for-celebration-or-a-c_88337.png) > [It was so easy living day by day Out of touch with the rhythm and blues But now I need a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/it-was-so-easy-living-day-by-day-out-of-touch-with-the-rhythm-and/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/231/billy-joel-1000_daily_it-was-so-easy-living-day-by-day-out-of_774794.png) > [I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. ... I'm probably writing music now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/i-consider-myself-to-be-an-inept-pianist-a-bad-singer-and-a-merely-2/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/billy-joel-1000_competent_i-consider-myself-to-be-an-inept-pianist_265720.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/slow-down-you-re-doing-fine-you-can-t-be-everything-you-want-to-be-2/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/444/billy-joel-1000_borderline_slow-down-you-re-doing-fine-you-can-t-be_1237375.png) > [I actually wrote the song first as "well, it's 9 o'clock on a Saturday." That bit. Then I said, You know what?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/i-actually-wrote-the-song-first-as-well-it-s-9-o-clock-on-a-saturday/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/209/billy-joel-1000_bits_i-actually-wrote-the-song-first-as-well_3148369.png) ## Other authors on Needs ## More by Billy Joel > [Everybody is different. Some writers can write reams of great books and then J. D. Salinger wrote just a few. Beethoven wrote nine symphonies.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/everybody-is-different-some-writers-can-write-reams-of-great-books/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) > [Only the good die young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/only-the-good-die-young/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) > [In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/in-a-way-we-are-magicians-we-are-alchemists-sorcerers-and-wizards-we/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) > [I don't want some pretty face to tell me pretty lies, all I want is someone to believe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/i-don-t-want-some-pretty-face-to-tell-me-pretty-lies-all-i-want-is/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/i-ve-always-said-about-50-of-what-happens-at-a-concert-has-to-do-with/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) > [She's the quiet type who's into heavy metal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/she-s-the-quiet-type-who-s-into-heavy-metal/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) > [Rock and roll just used to be for kicks, now a days it's politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/rock-and-roll-just-used-to-be-for-kicks-now-a-days-it-s-politics/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/don-t-make-music-for-some-vast-unseen-audience-or-market-or-ratings/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/usually-when-i-m-writing-i-try-to-write-fairly-quickly-if-a-song-sits/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) > [My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/my-daughter-sent-me-on-a-mission-to-get-as-many-autographs-as-possible/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) > [ I was listening to stuff and I realized that I've had a lot of different lives. You know the theory \[that says\] every seven… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/i-was-listening-to-stuff-and-i-realized-that-i-ve-had-a-lot-of/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) > [If you said good-bye to me tonight, There would still be music left to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/if-you-said-good-bye-to-me-tonight-there-would-still-be-music-left-to/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) > [If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/if-i-need-a-cause-for-celebration-or-a-comfort-i-can-use-to-ease-my/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) > [I'm carrying the weight of all the useless junk and modern man accumulates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/i-m-carrying-the-weight-of-all-the-useless-junk-and-modern-man/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) > [What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/what-will-it-take-for-you-to-believe-in-me-the-way-that-i-believe-in/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/needs/billy-joel/#itemlist", "name": "10 Needs Quotes By Billy Joel", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Call you up in the middle of the night. 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