Billy Joel Quotes
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She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.
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You can speak your mind But not on my time.
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I believe I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I've found that just surviving is a noble fight. I once believed in causes too; I had my pointless points of view. And life went on no matter who as wrong or right.
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I don't think what has happened to me is that different from what happens to most people. The only difference is the scale. People seem to think my problems are larger than life, but they're not larger than my life.
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I am the entertainer and I know just where I stand Another serenader and another long haired band Today I am your champion, I may have won your hearts, But I know the game, you'll forget my name, And I won't be here in another year If I don't stay on the charts.
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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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You've given me the best of you, but now I need the rest of you.
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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've played all kinds of places, laid all kinds of girls.
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I look at some of the songs I wrote years ago and I can't believe I wrote such crap.
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I'm a cosmopolitan sophisticate of culture and intelligence. The culmination of technology and civilized experience.
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Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.
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Some people stay far away from the door if there's a chance of it opening up. They hear a voice in the hall outside and hope that it just passes by.
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Honesty is such a lonely word Everyone is so untrue Honest is hardly ever heard And mostly what I need from you.
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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.
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I can't think of one person I've ever met who didn't like some type of music. More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
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Here I am starting a franchise and I'm gonna be 65 years old. I should've started this in 1978... I wrote like 300 songs and I'm gonna have to re-learn some of them!
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It's OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
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I don't know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
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If you could only hear what I dream.
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Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue...
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She's the quiet type who's into heavy metal.
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Sergeant O'Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
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When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.