Billy Squier Quotes

United States, Musician
May 12, 1950

William Haislip Squier is an American rock musician. Squier had a string of arena rock hits in the 1980s. He is best known for the song "The Stroke", from his 1981 album Don't Say No. Other hits include "My Kinda Lover", "In the Dark", "Rock Me Tonite", "Lonely Is the Night", "Everybody Wants You" and "Emotions in Motion".

Spread your ear pollution far and wide.

Billy Squier
- Spread
- Pollution
Your lips are my persuasion, your love will be my cure.

Billy Squier
- Love
- For Him
- Lips

Take the road where the eagle flies, man follows where his fortune lies.

Billy Squier
- Road
- Fortune
- Follows
You might think you see a lucky man who made the grade.

Billy Squier
- Think
- Grade
- Lucky Man
Red lights, green lights, stop and go jive. Headlines, deadlines, jamming your mind.

Billy Squier
- Mind
- Lights
- Headlines
You got your glory and you paid for it all, you take your pension in loneliness and alcohol.

Billy Squier
- Glory
- Alcohol
- Loneliness
You guard your hopes and pocket your dreams, you'd trade it all to avoid an unpleasant scene.

Billy Squier
- Dreams
- Hopes
- Avoid
I'm older, wiser and richer, and I still have just as many headaches. It hasn't changed me drastically; certainly, not in terms of relationships. The people I'm close to, and there aren't many of them, have been close for a long time. And we know each other well enough to know it isn't the quantity of time you spend together, it's the quality.

Billy Squier
- People
- Together
- Quality

You just stroke me, stroke me.

Billy Squier
- Stroke
Consummate talent and relentless passion - The Truth ain't pretty...but it rocks like crazy!

Billy Squier
- Truth
- Pretty
- Passion
I rise at the break of day, your smile sets me on my way.

Billy Squier
- Smile
- Break
- Rise
Lonely is the night when you find yourself alone.

Billy Squier
- Night
- Lonely