I'm writing new music all the time. I'm just not writing pop stuff. It's not my goal. Billy Joel More Quotes by Billy Joel More Quotes From Billy Joel I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons. I didn't like the lessons very much, but I was enchanted by music. Music always transported me somewhere. Singing made feel good and being able to play the piano made me feel good. Billy Joel pianoplayyears Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I'm totally cool. Billy Joel call-mefoolmoments You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now. Billy Joel crazymindinsanity Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, "Listen to me." Now it says, "Look at me." Billy Joel vitalityrock-and-rollrocks 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 voiceopportunitydoors Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue. Billy Joel honestylonelyinsanity It's OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break. Billy Joel loving-yourselflove-yourselfacceptance We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one Billy Joel hurtmightlaughing Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don't. I write in hot blood. Billy Joel hotwritingblood I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun. Billy Joel songfunlaughing For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift. Billy Joel ablebelievepeople I'm sure you have some cosmic rationale, but here you are with your faith and your Peter Pan advice. Billy Joel peteradvicefriendship 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 wiresafetymusician There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness. Billy Joel kindnessrealitypeople Only the good die young. Billy Joel iron-maidendenseyoung Don't go changing to try and please me You never let me down before Don't imagine you're too familiar And I don't see you anymore I would not leave you in times of trouble We never could have come this far I took the good times, I'll take the bad times I'll take you just the way you are Don't go trying some new fashion Don't change the color of your hair. [...] I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are. Billy Joel fashionhairlove I'm a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates. Billy Joel civil-servantsservantpolitics Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again Billy Joel serieslife-isgoodbye The joy of life is made up of obscure and seemingly mundane victories that give us our own small satisfactions. Billy Joel joygivinglife There's nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex. Billy Joel peanut-butterwittysex
