Billy Joel quotes

Billy Joel is an American singer-songwriter and pianist with a career spanning over five decades. His timeless hits like "Piano Man" and "Uptown Girl" have made him a legend in the music industry. Born in New York, Joel's distinctive rock and pop sound has earned him six Grammy Awards. He has sold over 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. Known for his heartfelt lyrics and catchy melodies, Billy Joel's music continues to resonate with fans of all ages. Explore his vast discography and experience the musical genius of Billy Joel today!

We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.

- Billy Joel

Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes.

- Billy Joel

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.

- Billy Joel

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

- Billy Joel

There's nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.

- Billy Joel

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.

- Billy Joel

I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.

- Billy Joel

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

- Billy Joel

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun.

- Billy Joel

I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.

- Billy Joel

My songs are like my kids.

- Billy Joel

I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.

- Billy Joel

It feels great to have a #1 album.

- Billy Joel

I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there's a mass influx from one place, that's when it becomes problematic for Americans.

- Billy Joel

I never said I wasn't going to play any more. I don't know where that came from.

- Billy Joel

I did write a letter to the archdiocese who'd banned the song, Only the Good Die Young, asking them to ban my next record.

- Billy Joel

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

- Billy Joel

I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women.

- Billy Joel

If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.

- Billy Joel

In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.

- Billy Joel

Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.

- Billy Joel

I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist.

- Billy Joel

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun.

- Billy Joel

I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.

- Billy Joel

I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.

- Billy Joel

Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?

- Billy Joel

I've crashed my car three times.

- Billy Joel

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.

- Billy Joel

Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.

- Billy Joel

I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.

- Billy Joel