Billy Joel
Billy Joel
William Martin "Billy" Joelis an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States. His compilation album Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2 is one of the best-selling albums in the US...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth9 May 1949
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I'm writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn't an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.
People always think I was just playing in a piano bar, but I only did that for about six months. The rest of the time I was playing in bands.
There's an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.
It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible.
If you tell kids they can't have something, that's what they want.
The joy of life is made up of obscure and seemingly mundane victories that give us our own small satisfactions.
Don't go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before.
You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I'm making more money.
I would not leave you in your 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.
You can speak your mind But not on my time.
Sing us a song you're the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we're all in the mood for a melody, And you've got us feeling all right.
She's got a way about her, And everywhere she goes, a million dreams of love surround her, everywhere.
They say that these are not the best of times, but they're the only times I've ever known. And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own. Now I have seen that sad surrender in my lovers eyes...and I can only stand apart and sympathize...for we are only what our situations hand us...it's either sadness or euphoria...
I've crashed my car three times.