So before we end and then beginWe’ll drink a toast to how it’s beenA few more hours to be completeA few more nights on satin sheetsA few more times that I can sayI’ve loved these...

She will promise you moreThan the Garden of EdenThen she’ll carelessly cut youAnd laugh while you’re bleeding.

Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems

I’ve loved these days.

In every heart there is a room A sanctuary safe and strong To heal the wounds from lovers past Until a new one comes along.

Shades of grey wherever I goThe more I find out the less that I knowBlack and white is how it should beBut shades of grey are the colors I see.

Part of me is afraid to let go of this other thing, which was so hugely successful. But on the other hand, I have to move ahead, or else my feet are stuck in the...

Singles don’t represent me. Albums do.

I hate making videos. Songs are not visual. You get it out of the air. You don’t watch it on MTV.

She can kill with a smile, She can wound with her eyes.

Don’t be afraid to try againEveryone goes southEvery now and then.

It’s not just the market fluctuation. It’s also what’s going on with these big companies. Everyone’s got questions about this.

I don’t think of myself as a singer. The only reason I ever got onstage was to meet girls.

Don’t wait for answers… Just take your chances!Don’t ask me why.

Your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation.

For all our mutual experienceOur separate conclusions are the sameNow we are forced to recognize our inhumanityOur reason coexists with our insanityBut we choose between reality and madnessIt’s either sadness or euphoria

We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams.We’re all carried along by the River of Dreams.

It’s awful hard trying to make love long distance, but I really need stimulation.

I know how big business works. I don’t trust it.

If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.

[Does Joel feel a particular resonance with any of this year’s other nominees? Sure, he says — Paul McCartney, because of the Beatles.] The Beatles were the band that made me realize it was possible...

Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.

Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.

Rolling Stone magazine would not say anything positive about me, and they were the tastemakers at the time. There were people from the old guard who insisted I wasn’t a real rock and roller. Well,...

I know that everybody has a dream Everybody has a dream And this is my dream, my own Just to be at home And to be all alone . . . with you.

We were sharp… as sharp as knives. And we were so gung-ho to lay down our lives…

Classical music always had a great influence on me. In fact some of my songs have a classical theme in mind.

I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music. More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.

Went off to school, and learned to serve the state.Followed the rules, and drank his vodka straight.The only way to live was ‘drown the hate’.The Russian life was very sad, and such was life in...

I promised I would never leave you And you should always know Wherever you may go No matter where you are I never will be far away

And in the eveningAfter the fire and the lightOne thing is certain: Nothing can hold back the lightTime is relentlessAnd as the past disappearsWe’re on the verge of all things new

I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.

You see firemen, you see cops, and these guys risk their lives everyday. They do this all the time . . . to be able to see a smile on some of these people’s faces...

Don’t go changing, to try and please meYou never let me down before.

Don’t go trying some new fashion Don’t change the color of your hair. . . . I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are.

If I need a cause for celebrationOr a comfort I can use to ease my mindI rely on my imaginationAnd I dream of an imaginary time.

I can’t remember faces, don’t remember names, but after awhile and a thousand miles it all becomes the same.

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

I ride my own motorcycles, People are like, ‘God, the guy is bad enough on cars!’ Actually I have a better track record on bikes than I do with cars.

They’re sharing a drink they call loneliness But it’s better than drinking alone.

So I would choose to be with you,That’s if the choice were mine to make,But you can make decisions too,And you can have this heart to break

What if she figures out you’re not very smart?

Only the Good Die Young

Ah, you look so good to meWith my eyes open wide, I can seeAh, you feel so good to meAnd it’s so good when you’re here cause I’m free

Clear as a crystal… Sharp as a knife…I feel like I’m in the prime of my life.

Don’t be afraid to try again Everyone goes south Every now and then.

I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.

You’ve got yoga honeyI’ve got beerYou got overpricedAnd I got weird.

If you said good-bye to me tonight,There would still be music left to write.

In hell there’s a big hotelWhere the bar just closed and the windows never openedNo phone so you can’t call homeAnd the T.V. works, but the clicker is broken.