Billy Joel Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.
-
But I'm the sort of person who, if certain structures topple, it could all go horribly wrong.
-
I think people do their bravest work when given an elusive canvas. That would be seemingly the weirdest, but also the most wonderful.
-
I think I tried to separate indoors and out. And so when he beat me indoors, I did not see that as letting anybody down, I saw it as a good head to head competition, and so it was. It was fine.
-
Writing songs is an essential part of my life: my mother teaches piano, and I have inherited my grandparents' passion for music, especially from my grandfather Tommy, who was a great drummer. It's no coincidence that I play the drums best, but I am also good with the guitar and the piano.
-
If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
-
I was convinced in middle school that I invented tight-rolling your pants, because I would get hand-me-downs from my brothers, and of course they were bell-bottoms from the '70s. So I would fold and fold over the bells. I like to think I started the trend. But I didn't.
-
There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.
-
I don't care for the music when they're talking bad about women because I think women are God's greatest gift to the planet - I just like music.
-
I listen to crazy, robust rock music where they sing their faces off, and soul music, which can be similar.
-
I see my fans as music lovers. I really love that. There's no age group or demographic. It's people of all ages and backgrounds. Country people and non-country people. I wanted to make music across the board.
-
If there's anything that would unite the world, it would be music.
-
We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!
-
I've always been interested in how people think, how they react to challenges in their lives - what makes people tick. I've also always been passionate about social issues and causes, and I wanted to make films that addressed important issues in very human terms.
-
Paper and ink are all but trash, if I cannot find the thought which the writer did think.
-
The perfect day for me is waking up and having a cup of tea with my kids before I drive them to school; Then, I go into the studio and try and write some music for three or four hours and give up about noon.
-
I hadn't seen that many movies that really go deep enough into the fears of playing music or the language that musicians can use to treat each other or, like, the way that you can see it dehumanize and the way that it can feel like boot camp.
-
I don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
-
Today, music is great for entertainment, but it is lacking soul; it's lacking substance, and it's difficult to find good stuff. There are too many corporate interests. It's not about the actual music because it's about the corporation, and music just becomes part of a package.
-
It is said by the Eldar that in water there lives yet the echo of the Music of the Ainur more than in any substance that is in this Earth; and many of the Children of Ilúvatar hearken still unsated to the voices of the Sea, and yet know not for what they listen.
-
I just want Christians to embrace the fact that music is made not just for the church, but it's also for the people that need to hear about the love of God.
-
A diplomatic mission, like a company, is comprised of multiple departments, all of which must be relied upon to move business forward.
-
Prayer is repeating the victor's name (Jesus) into the ears of Satan and insisting on his retreat.
-
I can't think of one person I've ever met who didn't like some type of music.
