Billy Joel – Quotes

I was listening to

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. Billy Joel

I look at some

I look at some of the songs I wrote years ago and I can’t believe I wrote such crap. Billy Joel

I always wanted to

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

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. Billy Joel

Some of the stuff

Some of the stuff I’m writing is almost like hymns, some of my first singing and choral experiences were in church, the Church of Christ in Hicksville. Billy Joel

I always wrote the

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

I never stopped writing

I never stopped writing music, I just stopped writing songs. I’ve been writing music continually ever since the last album of original tunes, “River Of Dreams” in ’93. Billy Joel

I’m a piano player.

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

I’m not the kind

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

I’m writing new music

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