Quote

I never stopped writing music, I just stopped writing songs. I've been writing music continually ever since the last album of original tunes, River Of Dreams in '93.

Billy Joel

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

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
Music
Rivers
Continually
Ever
Songs
Tunes
Writing
Dreams
Album
Never
Since
River
Lasts
Stopped
Last
Albums
Song
Originals
Dream
Original

More quotes by Billy Joel

Image
I never said I wasn't going to play any more. I don't know where that came from.
Billy Joel
Image
There ain't much future for a man who works the sea, there ain't no island left for islanders like me.
Billy Joel
Image
Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
Billy Joel
Image
I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I've been looking for.
Billy Joel
Image
Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can't dress trashy 'til you spend a lot of money.
Billy Joel
Image
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.
Billy Joel
Image
We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
Billy Joel
Image
I don't know why I go to extremes.
Billy Joel
Image
you may be right, I may be crazy, but it just might be a lunatic you're looking for
Billy Joel
Image
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.
Billy Joel
Image
We passed the hash pipe and played our Doors tapes.
Billy Joel
Image
Do what you love, and you'll always love what you do
Billy Joel
Image
Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue.
Billy Joel
Image
She'll carelessly cut you and laugh while you're bleeding.
Billy Joel
Image
Know what you love and do what you love. If you don't do what you love, you're just wasting your time.
Billy Joel
Image
Your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation.
Billy Joel
Image
If you tell kids they can't have something, that's what they want.
Billy Joel
Image
It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible.
Billy Joel
Image
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
Billy Joel
Image
I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
Billy Joel