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
She's the quiet type who's into heavy metal.
The piano sounds like a carnival and the microphone smells like a beer. And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar and say, man, what are you doing here?
What if she figures out you're not very smart?
I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I've been looking for.
Your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation.
We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible.
If you tell kids they can't have something, that's what they want.
I've crashed my car three times.
I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women.
I watched the mighty skyline fall
I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
It's nine o'clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There's an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, 'Son, can you play me a memory?/ I'm not really sure how it goes / But it's sad and it's sweet, and I knew it complete when I wore a younger man's clothes.'
There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be