Billy Joel Thinking Quotations

I was listening to stuff and I realized that I've had a lot of different lives. You know the theory [that says] every seven years, you have a different life? I think that's true.

I was thinking of the Four Seasons, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, and when I was thinking "Uptown Girl!" I was trying to sing like Frankie Valli. They had a song called "Ragdoll," which was about a poor girl and a rich guy. So I just flipped it around and made it about a rich girl and a poor guy.

I can't think of one person I've ever met who didn't like some type of music.

Hope you don't think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I'm a piano player. I'm already unplugged.

I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.

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 think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity.

I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there's a mass influx from one place, that's when it becomes problematic for Americans.

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.

Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.

I thinking of people like Phil Ramone or George Martin,