And in the evening After the fire and the light One thing is certain: Nothing can hold back the lifetime is relentless And as the past disappears We're on the verge of all things new

— Billy Joel

And it was dark So dark at night And we held on to each other Like brother to brother We promised our mothers we'd write And we would all go down together

— Billy Joel

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 drinkin' alone

— Billy Joel

... And you're the only one who knows.

— Billy Joel

As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.

— Billy Joel

Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.

— Billy Joel

For all our mutual experience Our separate conclusions are the same Now we are forced to recognize our inhumanity Our reason coexists with our insanity But we choose between reality and madness It's either sadness or euphoria

— Billy Joel

Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?

— Billy Joel

Home can be the Pennsylvania Turnpike Indiana's early morning dew High up in the hills of California Home is just another word for you

— Billy Joel

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

— Billy Joel