Top 200 Billy Joel Quotes (2024 Update)
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Billy Joel Quote: “Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.”

201. “Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.”

Billy Joel Quote: “I tell the audience every night, “I hope you didn’t pay more than face value on that ticket, because we ain’t worth more than that, and you ain’t gonna get any more than that.””

202. “I tell the audience every night, “I hope you didn’t pay more than face value on that ticket, because we ain’t worth more than that, and you ain’t gonna get any more than that.””

Billy Joel Quote: “It’s really hard to make a living as a musician. It’s almost impossible.”

203. “It’s really hard to make a living as a musician. It’s almost impossible.”

Billy Joel Quote: “People always think I was just playing in a piano bar, but I only did that for about six months. The rest of the time I was playing in bands.”

204. “People always think I was just playing in a piano bar, but I only did that for about six months. The rest of the time I was playing in bands.”

Billy Joel Quote: “There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.”

205. “There will be other words some other day; that is the story of my life.”

Billy Joel Quote: “Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?”

206. “Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?”

Billy Joel Quote: “I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.”

207. “I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.”

Billy Joel Quote: “I always wanted to try to be a teacher even before I was in the music business. I liked history, and good teachers made an impact on me.”

208. “I always wanted to try to be a teacher even before I was in the music business. I liked history, and good teachers made an impact on me.”

Billy Joel Quote: “When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.”

209. “When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.”

Billy Joel Quote: “I’m a piano player. I never thought of myself as a singer, at all. I was always trying to sound like somebody else. I don’t like my own voice, I like Ray Charles, Robert Plant, I like Joe Cocker, Rod Stewart, people that have an edge in their voice.”

210. “I’m a piano player. I never thought of myself as a singer, at all. I was always trying to sound like somebody else. I don’t like my own voice, I like Ray Charles, Robert Plant, I like Joe Cocker, Rod Stewart, people that have an edge in their voice.”

Billy Joel Quote: “I compare songwriting to childbirth. How many kids can you have before your uterus explodes?”

211. “I compare songwriting to childbirth. How many kids can you have before your uterus explodes?”

Billy Joel Quote: “Following a code of silence, you’re never gonna lose the anger.”

212. “Following a code of silence, you’re never gonna lose the anger.”

Billy Joel Quote: “When I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.”

213. “When I was 19, I made my first good week’s pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.”

Billy Joel Quote: “I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.”

214. “I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.”

Billy Joel Quote: “Your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation.”

215. “Your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation.”

Billy Joel Quote: “Move to California – my first impression of the Wild West.”

216. “Move to California – my first impression of the Wild West.”

Billy Joel Quote: “Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.”

217. “Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won’t stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.”

Billy Joel Quote: “If you search for truthfulness, you might as well be blind.”

218. “If you search for truthfulness, you might as well be blind.”

Billy Joel Quote: “We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.”

219. “We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.”

Billy Joel Quote: “I’m not the kind of guy who wants to be on a pedestal.”

220. “I’m not the kind of guy who wants to be on a pedestal.”

Billy Joel Quote: “What if she figures out you’re not very smart?”

221. “What if she figures out you’re not very smart?”

Billy Joel Quote: “I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.”

222. “I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.”

Billy Joel Quote: “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.”

223. “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 Quote: “I’m single but interviewing.”

224. “I’m single but interviewing.”

Billy Joel Quote: “I’m writing new music all the time. I’m just not writing pop stuff. It’s not my goal.”

225. “I’m writing new music all the time. I’m just not writing pop stuff. It’s not my goal.”

Billy Joel Quote: “Hope you don’t think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I’m a piano player. I’m already unplugged.”

226. “Hope you don’t think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I’m a piano player. I’m already unplugged.”

Billy Joel Quote: “I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.”

227. “I never said I wasn’t going to play any more. I don’t know where that came from.”

Billy Joel Quote: “Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.”

228. “Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.”

Billy Joel Quote: “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.”

229. “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 Quote: “I’m kind of putting my toe back in the water and seeing how it feels. We’re going to be doing stuff we haven’t done for years and years and years. So I’m looking forward to seeing how this stuff flies.”

230. “I’m kind of putting my toe back in the water and seeing how it feels. We’re going to be doing stuff we haven’t done for years and years and years. So I’m looking forward to seeing how this stuff flies.”

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