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
If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
Well I never had a place that I could call my very own/That's all right, my love, 'cause you're my home.
If you could only hear what I dream.
I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
Though you can see when you're wrong, you know you can't always see when you're right.
You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.
We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.
I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.
It's a little intimidating to walk into a studio and know that you're going to sing a duet with Barbra Streisand.
There was an edge of, 'Go away kid, you're bothering me'. I've kicked myself a million times since. I could've discovered Whitney Houston.
As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we're on the verge of all things new.
I did write a letter to the archdiocese who'd banned the song, Only the Good Die Young, asking them to ban my next record.
In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.