I've always said about 50% of what happens at a concert has to do with the audience. If you play for a… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
They say that no one's gonna play this on the radio. They said the melancholy blues were dead and gone. But only… — 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
I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
It's nine o'clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There's an old man sitting next to me making love… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I never said I wasn't going to play any more. I don't know where that came from. — 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