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
We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We're all carried along, by the river of dreams.
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.
If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.
I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist.
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.
In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job.
Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
I don't think what has happened to me is that different from what happens to most people. The only difference is the scale. People seem to think my problems are larger than life, but they're not larger than my life.
I don't want clever conversationI never want to work that hard.
I don't think of myself as a singer. The only reason I ever got onstage was to meet girls.
I have a theory that is the only original things we ever do are mistakes. The only thing that we can really attribute to ourselves that is purely original are our screw-ups.
I hate making videos. Songs are not visual. You get it out of the air. You don't watch it on MTV.
If I'm gonna be losing it, I might as well be doing it right
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.