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 always hated my hair, so now it's going away.
You can walk away from your mistakes You can turn your back on what you do Just a little smile is all it takes And you can have your cake and eat it too. Loneliness will get to you somehow But ev'rybody loves you now.
I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
They are sharing a drink called loneliness.
You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
Sweetness flows from your appearance and your beauty makes me fall more in love with you. Anytime I feel low, I think about the good times you have given me and everything seems good again.
I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity.
A typical day in the life of a heavy metal musician consists of a round of golf and an AA meeting.
If you said good-bye to me tonight, There would still be music left to write.
No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.
I would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come this far. I took the good times, I'll take the bad times, I'll take you just the way you are.
Well we're waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real
No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can't we learn from all we've been through after two thousand years?