As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I keep telling people: Don't make me the poster boy for AA because I don't know a lot about sobriety, but I… — 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
I'm a piano player. I never thought of myself as a singer, at all. I was always trying to sound like somebody… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I didn't graduate high school, so I never got a teacher's education, I'm mostly self-read, self-taught. I always loved music, so I… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts... Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes… — 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
When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I'm a message guy, per se. I write about people.… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
People in music lie, but they don't expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I'm making more money. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Musicians know all about unemployment. You're unemployed a lot, and I think there's a great deal of empathy between musicians and people… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Some people stay far away from the door if there's a chance of it opening up. They hear a voice in the… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the… — 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
I started just concentrating on songwriting when I was abut 20; I'd been in rock bands six or seven years, kinda got… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe… — 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
