I was listening to stuff and I realized that I've had a lot of different lives. You know the theory [that says]… — 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
No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can't we learn from all we've been through after two thousand… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I'm kind of putting my toe back in the water and seeing how it feels. We're going to be doing stuff we… — 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
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
There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck... I… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Here I am starting a franchise and I'm gonna be 65 years old. I should've started this in 1978... I wrote like… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I look at some of the songs I wrote years ago and I can't believe I wrote such crap. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years. — 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
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
