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
Well we're waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real
No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.
No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can't we learn from all we've been through after two thousand years?
The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
I've lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
There's always a place for the angry young man with his fist in the air and his head in the sand. He's never been able to learn from mistakes, he can't understand why his heart always breaks.
Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don't. I write in hot blood.
You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too. Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev'rybody loves you now.
I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
Drank a lot of take home pay.
Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don't have that, you're kidding yourself and your listener.