Billy Joel Quotes

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.

If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.

Take risks. Take chances. Don't be afraid. You gotta go into life brave.

I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.

We're on the verge of all things new.

Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.

Slow down you're doing fine You can't be everything you want to be before your time.

Do what you love, and you'll always love what you do

We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We're all carried along, by the river of dreams.

Don't wait for answers, just take your chances. Don't ask me why.

Do what's good for you Or you're not good for anybody

Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failures, and my style is directly related to my limitations.

I've come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it's a Greek tragedy.

Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again

Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun.

You'll learn more from your accidents than anything that you could ever learn at school.

You may be wrong, but you may be right.

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.

I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist.

I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.

We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one

Only the good die young.

Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up.