Billy Joel: Trending quotes (page 5)

“I know the moment isn't right
To tell the girl a comical line
To keep the conversation light
I guess I'm just frightened out of my mind.
But if that's how I feel
Then it's the best feeling I've ever known
It's undeniably real
Leave a tender moment alone.”

Billy Joel

Leave a Tender Moment Alone.
Song lyrics, An Innocent Man (1983)

Feeling , Girl , Light

“I told you my reasons
For the whole revival.
Now I'm going outside to have
An ice cold beer in the shade.
Oh, I'm going to listen to my 45's.
Ain't it wonderful to be alive
When the rock 'n' roll plays, yeah.
When the memory stays, yeah.
I'm keeping the faith.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keeping the faith.”

Billy Joel

Keeping the Faith.
Song lyrics, An Innocent Man (1983)

Faith , Beer , Memory

“Brenda and Eddie had had it already
By the summer of '75
From the high to the low
To the end of the show
For the rest of their lives.
They couldn't go back to the greasers.
The best they could do was pick up the pieces.
We always knew they would both find a way to get by.
That's all I heard about Brenda and Eddie.
Can't tell you more than I told you already.
And here we are wavin' Brenda and Eddie goodbye.”

Billy Joel

Scenes from an Italian Restaurant.
Song lyrics, The Stranger (1977)

Way , Summer

“What's the matter with the crowd I'm seeing?
"Don't you know that their out of touch?"
Should I try to be a straight 'A' student?
"If you are then you think too much.
Don't you know about the new fashion honey?
All you need are looks and a whole lotta money."
It's the next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways
It's still rock and roll to me.
Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new sound
Funny, but it's still rock and roll to me.”

Billy Joel

It's Still Rock and Roll to Me.
Song lyrics, Glass Houses (1980)

Money , Fashion , Thinking , Dance

“Some days I have to give right in to the blues
Despite how I try to keep fightin'.
It's a sure shot I'm going to lose.
And I'll tell you why.
You think I'm crazy.
It's such a sad composition.
But can you blame me
For what's been causing my bad disposition?
Ain't nothing new with my blue situation
And nothing's fine it's just a minor variation.”

Billy Joel

A Minor Variation.
Song lyrics, River of Dreams (1993)

Sadness , Thinking

“If I traveled all my life
And I never get to stop and settle down
Long as I have you by my side
There's a roof above and good walls all around
You're my castle, you're my cabin and my instant pleasure dome
I need you in my house 'cause you're my home.”

Billy Joel

You're My Home.
Song lyrics, Piano Man (1973)

Life , Pleasure , Travel , Home

“I am the entertainer, I've come to do my show
You've heard my latest record, it's been on the radio
It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life
It was a beautiful song but it ran too long
If you're gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit
So they cut it down to 3:05.”

Billy Joel

The Entertainer.
Song lyrics, Streetlife Serenade (1974)

Life , Beauty

“She waits for me at night, she waits for me in silence.
She gives me all her tenderness and takes away my pain.
And so far she hasn't run, though I swear she's had her moments.
She still believes in miracles while others cry in vain.”

Billy Joel

All About Soul.
Song lyrics, River of Dreams (1993)

Pain , Silence , Waiting , Cry

“I am the entertainer, the idol of my age
I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage
You see me in the papers, I've been in the magazines
But if I go cold, I won't get sold
I get put in the back in the discount rack
Like another can of beans.”

Billy Joel

The Entertainer.
Song lyrics, Streetlife Serenade (1974)

Money , Age

“Well I'm shameless when it comes to loving you.
I'd do anything you want me to
I'd do anything at all.
And I'm standing here for all the world to see
There ain't that much left of me
That has very far to fall.”

Billy Joel

Shameless.
Song lyrics, Storm Front (1989)

Love , World

“And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinking alone.”

Billy Joel

Piano Man.
Song lyrics, Piano Man (1973)

Drink , Loneliness

“You know those lights were bright on Broadway
That was so many years ago
Before we all lived here in Florida
Before the Mafia took over Mexico.
There are not many who remember
They say a handful still survive
To tell the world about
The way the lights went out
And keep the memory alive.”

Billy Joel

Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway).
Song lyrics, Turnstiles (1976)

World , Way , Light , Memory

“It was so easy living day by day
Out of touch with the rhythm and blues
But now I need a little give and take
The New York Times, The Daily News.”

Billy Joel

New York State of Mind.
Song lyrics, Turnstiles (1976)

Time

“You have to learn to pace yourself.
Pressure.
You're just like everybody else.
Pressure.
You've only had to run so far,
So good.
But you will come to a place
Where the only thing you feel
Are loaded guns in your face.
And you'll have to deal with
Pressure.”

Billy Joel

Pressure.
Song lyrics, The Nylon Curtain (1982)

Feeling , Learning

“You're having a hard time and lately you don't feel so good;
You're getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood.
It's alright, it's alright;
Sometimes that's what it takes.
You're only human, you're allowed to make your share of mistakes.”

Billy Joel

You're Only Human (Second Wind).
Song lyrics, Greatest Hits - Volume I & Volume II (1985)

Feeling , Time

“Some people hope for a miracle cure
Some people just accept the world as it is.
But I'm not willing to lay down and die
Because I am an innocent man.”

Billy Joel

An Innocent Man.
Song lyrics, An Innocent Man (1983)

People , World , Hope

“Well I'm living here in Allentown
And it's hard to keep a good man down
But I won't be getting up today.”

Billy Joel

Allentown.
Song lyrics, The Nylon Curtain (1982)

“I don't care what consequence it brings
I have been a fool for lesser things.
I want you so bad.
I think you ought to know that
I intend to hold you for
The longest time.”

Billy Joel

The Longest Time.
Song lyrics, An Innocent Man (1983)

Fools , Thinking , Time

“Uptown girl
She's been living in her uptown world.
I bet she never had a backstreet guy
I bet her mama never told her why.
I'm gonna try for an uptown girl.
She's been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man
That's what I am.”

Billy Joel

Uptown Girl.
Song lyrics, An Innocent Man (1983)

World , Guy , Girl

“I've seen those big machines come rolling through the quiet pines.
Blue suits and bankers with their Volvos and their valentines.
Give us this day our daily discount outlet merchandise.
Raise up a multiplex and we will make a sacrifice.
Now we're gonna get the big business.
Now we're gonna get the real thing.
Everybody's all excited about it.”

Billy Joel

No Man's Land.
Song lyrics, River of Dreams (1993)

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