Billy Joel Quotes

They say that these are not the best of times, but they're the only times I've ever known. And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own. Now I have seen that sad surrender in my lovers eyes...and I can only stand apart and sympathize...for we are only what our situations hand us...it's either sadness or euphoria.

Some people find it's easier to hate.

...And you're the only one who knows.

I don't care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.

The biggest regret? This may be one of those years I have no regrets.

If you search for truthfulness, you might as well be blind.

For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift.

Call you up in the middle of the night. It's awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.

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 to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.

Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can't dress trashy 'til you spend a lot of money.

I keep telling people: Don't make me the poster boy for AA because I don't know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.

No matter what culture you're from, everyone loves music.

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 would probably either be in a band with another group of people, or an arranger, a producer, a musicologist, a music history guy, something to do with music. Either that, or I would probably be in jail. Or dead.

You look so polished from your hair down to your toes, but still your finger's gonna pick your nose.

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 I know it's not right.

I watched the mighty skyline fall

We're only human, we're supposed to make mistakes.

All she wanted was sax.

every time I've held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns

You've given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.

In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job.

Don't be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.

You may be wrong, but you may be right.

I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.

It's a little intimidating to walk into a studio and know that you're going to sing a duet with Barbra Streisand.

You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own.

I'm a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.

I look at some of the songs I wrote years ago and I can't believe I wrote such crap.

Forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason coexists with our insanity. And though we choose between reality and madness, it's either sadness or euphoria.

Someday we'll all be gone, but lullabies go on and on / They never die, that's how you and I will be

I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I've been looking for.

You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.

Only the good die young.

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 years, you have a different life? I think that's true.

If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.

We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We're all carried along, by the river of dreams.

I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about. I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that's what I was going to write the song about.

Ain't no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.

Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, "Listen to me." Now it says, "Look at me."

Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise...

You can’t go the distance with too much resistance

I don't know why people thought I was retiring.

Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.

I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.

There's an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.

Hope you don't think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I'm a piano player. I'm already unplugged.

I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.

You'll learn more from your accidents than anything that you could ever learn at school.