Billy Joel Quotes
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Slow down you're doing fine You can't be everything you want to be before your time.
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A typical day in the life of a heavy metal musician consists of a round of golf and an AA meeting.
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Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
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Sergeant O'Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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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...
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We were sharp... as sharp as knives. And we were so gung-ho to lay down our lives...
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You've given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
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There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be.
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My friends and I are crazy. That's the only thing that keeps us sane!
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Don't wait for answers, just take your chances. Don't ask me why.
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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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 me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you're gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
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Call you up in the middle of the night. It's awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
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I don't want some pretty face to tell me pretty lies, all I want is someone to believe.
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I was homeless when I was younger and I was suicidal when I was 21. Anything that has happened after that is like water off a duck's back.
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We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
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The piano sounds like a carnival and the microphone smells like a beer. And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar and say, man, what are you doing here?
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I promised I would never leave you And you should always know Wherever you may go No matter where you are I never will be far away.
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I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity.
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Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.
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They say there's a heaven for those who wait, some say it's better I say it ain't.
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She can kill with a smile. She can wound with her eyes. She can ruin your faith with her casual lies. And she only reveals what she wants you to see. She hides like a child, but she's always a woman to me.
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Take risks. Take chances. Don't be afraid. You gotta go into life brave.