I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women.
From Billy Joel
I'm a history nut.
I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood.
I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there's a mass influx from one place, that's when it becomes problematic for Americans.
I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.
I never said I wasn't going to play any more. I don't know where that came from.
I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
I don't know why people thought I was retiring.
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.
I can't think of one person I've ever met who didn't like some type of music.
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