More - Billy Joel Quotes

If it seems like I've been lost in 'lets remember', If it seems I'm gettin' older and missin' my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.

Billy Joel

 

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

Billy Joel

 Fun

I'm still dealing with the 21-year-old me. That idealist, that purist, that young, noble, and somewhat foolish guy . . . So I tell them to try to hold on to the way they feel right now. Because that's going to effect them for the rest of their lives.

Billy Joel

 

Shades of grey wherever I goThe more I find out the less that I knowBlack and white is how it should beBut shades of grey are the colors I see.

Billy Joel

 

A typical day in the life of a heavy metal musician consists of a round of golf and an AA meeting.

Billy Joel

 Golf

[Does Joel feel a particular resonance with any of this year's other nominees? Sure, he says -- Paul McCartney, because of the Beatles.] The Beatles were the band that made me realize it was possible to make a living as a musician, ... When I heard the Beatles, I said, 'That's what I want to do!'

Billy Joel

 

If I need a cause for celebrationOr a comfort I can use to ease my mindI rely on my imaginationAnd I dream of an imaginary time.

Billy Joel

 Comfort

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

Billy Joel

 Age And Aging

And the word spread of Billy the Kid.

Billy Joel

 

She will promise you moreThan the Garden of EdenThen she'll carelessly cut youAnd laugh while you're bleeding.

Billy Joel