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
Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone.
I compare songwriting to childbirth. How many kids can you have before your uterus explodes?
I'm carrying the weight of all the useless junk and modern man accumulates.
My daughter sent me on a mission to get as many autographs as possible.
I work with musicians whose opinions I respect and if they don't like something they don't hold back. They'll say, 'That really sucks' and 'You've lost it' and 'You're no good anymore.' And I crawl away with my tail between my legs and I fear that kind of ridicule, but I want them to like the music I'm bringing to them.
'Our parents' generation had it a lot tougher than we did. They had to live through the Depression, World War II, and then they had to, you know, try to pick up the pieces of their lives and bring up their children. And, it was a great example for us. I guess we grew up with a certain amount of the ethics our parents had, which is, you know: work hard, make your own way, be independent.
There ain't much future for a man who works the sea, there ain't no island left for islanders like me.
I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
They're sharing a drink they call lonliness, but it's better than drinking alone.
Know what you love and do what you love. If you don't do what you love, you're just wasting your time.
Some people find it's easier to hate.
I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers, I've been in the magazines But if I go cold, I won't get sold I get put in the back in the discount rack Like another can of beans.
We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don't know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.
Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled.