People Quote by Billy Joel Download Open image “I don't know why people thought I was retiring.” — Billy Joel ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare People Retiring
All my friends were retiring, and it got to the point where I was like, 'Hey, how come I'm not retiring?' — Johnny Miller Copy Share Image
Being retired is one thing, but staying retired is another. Even when I announced my retirement, I'm sure people thought I was going to… — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
I tried to make a distinct point that I wasn't retiring - that I was moving on. — Regis Philbin Copy Share Image
I was honestly contemplating retirement. A lot of people don't know that, but I was done. — Gerald Green Copy Share Image
Why go now? That is the question people asked when I announced I was retiring. A combination of things made me feel it was… — Graeme Le Saux Copy Share Image
I have two main reasons for retiring. The first is I can no longer play at a level I was accustomed to in the… — Mario Lemieux Copy Share Image
I retired simply because I didn't have the passion and motivation anymore; I was tired. At the time I thought, 'Well, I had a… — Michael Schumacher Copy Share Image
The idea of retirement seems to imply that you stop doing what you always did. Why would you do that? I don't get that. — Paula Scher 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
If I am going to be phased out by whatever powers, then I want people to know that it is not because I am… — Parvathy Copy Share Image
Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom… — Emily Robison Copy Share Image
The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I feel like I definitely have a real sporty style, more so than a lot of people in G.O.O.D. Music. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
I feel like the future is unwritten. So many of the things that we write now haven't been about educating people on the environment,… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
I think, here's what I've realized from interviewing people, and I've been very open about my Catholicism and my love of Christ and I… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
For us who are now in power, we need to be challenged to serve the people and ignore our own egos and personal interests… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
When I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was super rad, but really masculine - ever since I… — Lorde Copy Share Image
