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
I don't care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.
I don't know why people thought I was retiring.
I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.
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.
Here I am starting a franchise and I'm gonna be 65 years old. I should've started this in 1978... I wrote like 300 songs and I'm gonna have to re-learn some of them!
I guess some people in classical music can keep going until they kick (die) and the (Rolling) Stones are definitely pushing the envelope but I wonder if here's a time when you have to face whether you are as good as you used to be.
As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.
You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own.
My friends and I are crazy. That's the only thing that keeps us sane!