1. “The biggest regret? This may be one of those years I have no regrets.” – Billy Joel
2. “Take risks. Take chances. Don’t be afraid. You gotta go into life brave.” – Billy Joel
3. “I’m single but interviewing.” – Billy Joel
4. “You may never understand How the stranger is inspired For he is not always evil, And he is not always wrong.” – Billy Joel
5. “Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don’t have that, you’re kidding yourself and your listener.” – Billy Joel
6. “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.” – Billy Joel
7. “There’s a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.” – Billy Joel
8. “Some people find it’s easier to hate.” – Billy Joel
9. “I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man’s Trojans.” – Billy Joel
10. “It’s a little intimidating to walk into a studio and know that you’re going to sing a duet with Barbra Streisand.” – Billy Joel
11. “I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship.” – Billy Joel
12. “Give a moment or two to the angry young man with his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand.” – Billy Joel
13. “Why should I worry, why should I care? And even when I cross that line, I got street savoire faire.” – Billy Joel
14. “I always hated my hair, so now it’s going away.” – Billy Joel
15. “Every child had a pretty good shot, to get at least as far as their old man got. But something happened on the way to that place. They threw an American flag in our face.” – Billy Joel
16. “Advice is cheap; you can take it from me.” – Billy Joel
17. “Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.” – Billy Joel
18. “Only the good die young.” – Billy Joel
19. “You can linger too long in your dreams…” – Billy Joel
20. “There’s an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.” – Billy Joel
21. “Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.” – Billy Joel
22. “Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.” – Billy Joel
23. “You can’t go the distance with too much resistance.” – Billy Joel
24. “I’m writing new music all the time. I’m just not writing pop stuff. It’s not my goal.” – Billy Joel
25. “Why don’t the Beatles get back together? Why don’t nobody sing of romance?” – Billy Joel
26. “You’re a big boy now; you’ll never let her go, but that’s just the kind of thing she ought to know. Tell her about it. Tell her everything you feel. Giver her every reason to accept that you’re for real.” – Billy Joel
27. “We didn’t start the fire It was always burning Since the world’s been turning We didn’t start the fire No we didn’t light it But we tried to fight it.” – Billy Joel
28. “They say that no one’s gonna play this on the radio. They said the melancholy blues were dead and gone. But only songs like these played in minor keys, keep those memories holding on.” – Billy Joel
29. “In hell there’s a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never opened. No phone so you can’t call home, and the TV works, but the clicker is broken.” – Billy Joel
30. “I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.” – Billy Joel
31. “It’s OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.” – Billy Joel
32. “Let me go on sleeping and I will lose myself in palaces of sand, and all the fantasies that I’ve been keeping will make the empty hours easier to stand.” – Billy Joel
33. “It should be easy for a man who’s strong to say he’s sorry or admit when he’s wrong.” – Billy Joel
34. “We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one.” – Billy Joel
35. “We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.” – Billy Joel
36. “It was so easy living day by day Out of touch with the rhythm and blues But now I need a little give and take The New York Times, The Daily News.” – Billy Joel
37. “They say that these are not the best of times, but they’re the only times I’ve ever known.” – Billy Joel
38. “And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.” – Billy Joel
39. “You may be wrong, but you may be right.” – Billy Joel
40. “This is the time to remember cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold onto cause we won’t although we’ll want to.” – Billy Joel
41. “My songs are like my kids.” – Billy Joel
42. “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.” – Billy Joel
43. “So I would choose to be with you, That’s if the choice were mine to make, But you can make decisions too, And you can have this heart to break.” – Billy Joel
44. “You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I’m making more money.” – Billy Joel
45. “I’ve lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.” – Billy Joel
46. “I’m in a New York state of mind.” – Billy Joel
47. “If you’re a very unfulfilled person you might have a tendency to turn to crime.” – Billy Joel
48. “I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.” – Billy Joel
49. “When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.” – Billy Joel
50. “Slow down you’re doing fine You can’t be everything you want to be Before your time Although it’s so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it’s the life you lead You’re so ahead of yourself That you forfeit what you need Though you can see when you’re wrong.” – Billy Joel
51. “I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.” – Billy Joel
52. “Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.” – Billy Joel
53. “I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.” – Billy Joel
54. “I always thought of myself as the piano player in the band. That, I suppose, I’m confident about, and I guess my songwriting developed as I went along and I got a certain amount of confidence in that. The songs are like my kids, I’m proud of all of them for one reason or another.” – Billy Joel
55. “Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I’m totally cool.” – Billy Joel
56. “She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.” – Billy Joel
57. “You look so polished from your hair down to your toes, but still your finger’s gonna pick your nose.” – Billy Joel
58. “You should never argue with a crazy mind, you ought to know my now.” – Billy Joel
59. “For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift.” – Billy Joel
60. “You get paid like a really good call girl. Walking offstage is like the walk of shame.” – Billy Joel
61. “I look in the mirror and think, ‘I don’t look like a rock star.’ I talked about this with Bono and we looked at each other and decided we look like a pair of bricklayers.” – Billy Joel
62. “I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.” – Billy Joel
63. “We all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone.” – Billy Joel
64. “Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again.” – Billy Joel
65. “In every heart there is a room, A sanctuary safe and strong, To heal the wounds from lovers past, Until a new one comes along.” – Billy Joel
66. “We passed the hash pipe and played our Doors tapes.” – Billy Joel
67. “Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, “Listen to me.” Now it says, “Look at me.”” – Billy Joel
68. “I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.” – Billy Joel
69. “Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.” – Billy Joel
70. “Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.” – Billy Joel
71. “There’s always a place for the angry young man with his fist in the air and his head in the sand. He’s never been able to learn from mistakes, he can’t understand why his heart always breaks.” – Billy Joel
72. “I don’t want some pretty face to tell me pretty lies, all I want is someone to believe.” – Billy Joel
73. “As long as there are memories, yesterday remains. As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.” – Billy Joel
74. “Your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation.” – Billy Joel
75. “The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.” – Billy Joel
76. “Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue…” – Billy Joel
77. “I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.” – Billy Joel
78. “This is our moment, here at the cross-roads of time. Time is relentless and as the past dissappears, we’re on the verge of all things new.” – Billy Joel
79. “I am the entertainer and I know just where I stand Another serenader and another long haired band Today I am your champion, I may have won your hearts, But I know the game, you’ll forget my name, And I won’t be here in another year If I don’t stay on the charts.” – Billy Joel
80. “Some love is just a lie of the heart, the cold remains of what began with a passionate heart.” – Billy Joel
81. “They say there’s a heaven for those who wait, some say it’s better I say it ain’t.” – Billy Joel
82. “I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.” – Billy Joel
83. “My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!” – Billy Joel
84. “We’re only human, we’re supposed to make mistakes.” – Billy Joel
85. “If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.” – Billy Joel
86. “What if she figures out you’re not very smart?” – Billy Joel
87. “You’ve got your passion. You’ve got your pride. But don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true.” – Billy Joel
88. “I’m sure you have some cosmic rationale, but here you are with your faith and your Peter Pan advice.” – Billy Joel
89. “I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.” – Billy Joel
90. “I always wrote the music first, and the music gave me the mood and the lyrics were pretty much put in to give you a map, where that mood came from and where it’s going. But my first love was really the music itself, and I guess I’ve gone back to that.” – Billy Joel
91. “Don’t make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it’s crucial to make a living, that shouldn’t be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.” – Billy Joel