Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
Billy Joel
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Billy Joel
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 9
Composer
Musician
Pianist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
New York City
New York
William Martin Joel
William Martin Billy Joel
BJ
William M. Joel
Still
Clubs
Firsts
Musician
Freaked
First
Pay
Factory
Enough
Week
Rent
Made
Food
Factories
Good
Jobs
Quit
Money
Club
Stills
Quitting
More quotes by Billy Joel
I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist.
Billy Joel
There's a place in the world for the angry young man With his working class ties and his radical plans He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl He's always at home with his back to the wall And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost And he struggles and bleeds as he hangs on the cross And he likes to be known as the angry young man.
Billy Joel
People pay a lot of money to go see shows now, they don't wanna know about your technical problems, or if you're not feeling good, they don't wanna know we have a glitch. It's their night, you better do something to earn that money.
Billy Joel
Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can't dress trashy 'til you spend a lot of money.
Billy Joel
I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
Billy Joel
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun.
Billy Joel
She's got a way about her, And everywhere she goes, a million dreams of love surround her, everywhere.
Billy Joel
I was thinking of the Four Seasons, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, and when I was thinking Uptown Girl! I was trying to sing like Frankie Valli. They had a song called Ragdoll, which was about a poor girl and a rich guy. So I just flipped it around and made it about a rich girl and a poor guy.
Billy Joel
If you're a very unfulfilled person you might have a tendency to turn to crime.
Billy Joel
We're on the verge of all things new.
Billy Joel
You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
Billy Joel
I'm carrying the weight of all the useless junk and modern man accumulates.
Billy Joel
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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
My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
Billy Joel
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
Billy Joel
Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise...
Billy Joel
We passed the hash pipe and played our Doors tapes.
Billy Joel
You can speak your mind But not on my time.
Billy Joel
Call you up in the middle of the night. It's awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.
Billy Joel
