It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible.

Quote by Billy Joel

Topics: Billy Joel Quotes

We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as...

We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as...

My songs are like my kids.

My songs are like my kids.

I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool...

I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool...

I've crashed my car three times.

I've crashed my car three times.

...now as we induldge, in things refined, we hide our hearts, from harder times...

...now as we induldge, in things refined, we hide our hearts, from harder times...

Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the...

Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the...

I would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come...

I would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come...

I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when...

I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when...

They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but...

They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but...

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

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

I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.

I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.

Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed...

Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed...

Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.

Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.

If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do...

If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do...

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

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

Rock and roll used to be for kicks, now a days it's politics.

Rock and roll used to be for kicks, now a days it's politics.

If it seems like I've been lost in 'lets remember', If it seems I'm gettin'...

If it seems like I've been lost in 'lets remember', If it seems I'm gettin'...

There's nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich...

There's nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich...

Continental people have sex lives; the English have hot-water bottles.

Continental people have sex lives; the English have hot-water bottles.

A promiscuous person is a person who is getting more sex than you are

A promiscuous person is a person who is getting more sex than you are