--- title: "12 Trying Quotes By Billy Joel" description: "12 Trying quotes by Billy Joel. Plus more from Billy Joel and more Trying 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) > [Don't go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/don-t-go-changing-to-try-and-please-me-you-never-let-me-down-before-2/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcf/billy-joel-1000_change_don-t-go-changing-to-try-and-please-me-y_2064372.png) > [Don't be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/don-t-be-afraid-to-try-again-everyone-goes-south-every-now-and-then/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/billy-joel-1000_afraid_don-t-be-afraid-to-try-again-everyone-go_1127311.png) > [As an atheist you have to rationalize things... Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/as-an-atheist-you-have-to-rationalize-things-then-you-have-to-try-and/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15c/billy-joel-1000_atheist_as-an-atheist-you-have-to-rationalize-th_2781441.png) > [I'm a piano player. I never thought of myself as a singer, at all. I was always trying to sound like somebody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/i-m-a-piano-player-i-never-thought-of-myself-as-a-singer-at-all-i-was/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b3/billy-joel-1000_always-trying_i-m-a-piano-player-i-never-thought-of-my_547696.png) > [Usually when I'm writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4f/billy-joel-1000_long_usually-when-i-m-writing-i-try-to-write_56065.png) > [I always wanted to try to be a teacher even before I was in the music business. I liked history, and good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/i-always-wanted-to-try-to-be-a-teacher-even-before-i-was-in-the-music/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/307/billy-joel-1000_business_i-always-wanted-to-try-to-be-a-teacher-e_2502213.png) > [When I first started I didn't know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/when-i-first-started-i-didn-t-know-a-lot-about-the-job-so-i-kinda-had/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ac/billy-joel-1000_able_when-i-first-started-i-didn-t-know-a-lot_1502086.png) > [I was thinking of the Four Seasons, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, and when I was thinking "Uptown Girl!" I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/i-was-thinking-of-the-four-seasons-frankie-valli-and-the-four-seasons/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffe/billy-joel-1000_flipped_i-was-thinking-of-the-four-seasons-frank_263121.jpg) > [Don't go changing to try and please me You never let me down before Don't imagine you're too familiar And I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/don-t-go-changing-to-try-and-please-me-you-never-let-me-down-before-3/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/905/billy-joel-1000_bad-time_don-t-go-changing-to-try-and-please-me-y_2132001.png) > [When I see an entire community disenfranchised, it disturbs me. Not that I'm a message guy, per se. I write about people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/when-i-see-an-entire-community-disenfranchised-it-disturbs-me-not/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/597/billy-joel-1000_community_when-i-see-an-entire-community-disenfran_1253018.png) > ['Our parents' generation had it a lot tougher than we did. They had to live through the Depression, World War II, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/our-parents-generation-had-it-a-lot-tougher-than-we-did-they-had-to/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cf/billy-joel-1000_amount_our-parents-generation-had-it-a-lot-toug_2473412.png) ## Other authors on Trying ## 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/trying/billy-joel/#itemlist", "name": "12 Trying Quotes By Billy Joel", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Call you up in the middle of the night. 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