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 actually wrote the song first as "well, it's 9 o'clock on a Saturday." That bit. Then I said, You know what? It needs some kind of an introduction to kind of set the mood and set the flavor. So I just played this kind of cocktail lounge thing, the hustle and bustle of waitresses going by - that kind of thing.
I'm writing new music all the time. I'm just not writing pop stuff. It's not my goal.
Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won't stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.
You can linger too long in your dreams...
You look so polished from your hair down to your toes, but still your finger's gonna pick your nose.
We passed the hash pipe and played our Doors tapes.
People in music lie, but they don't expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts... Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they're for.
Some people stay far away from the door if there's a chance of it opening up. They hear a voice in the hall outside and hope that it just passes by.
Maybe this won't last very long but you feel so right and I could be wrong. Maybe I've been hoping too hard. I've gone this far and it's more than I hope for.
I see the winos talking to themselves and I can understand.
Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can't dress trashy 'til you spend a lot of money.
Rock and roll cola wars, I can't take it any more.
I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man's Trojans.