The one band Billy Joel never wanted to play in again: “I got that out of my system”
The hardest lesson to learn.
Billy Joel Archives: 06/2026
The 1968 song Billy Joel and Bob Dylan called the best: “The greatest ever”
The most perfect recording.
The 1979 anthem Billy Joel wrote after an awkward dinner with Mick Jagger: “Uptown riding in your limousine”
“You had the Dom Pérignon in your hand / And the spoon up your nose.”
The singer Billy Joel called one of the best rock voices: “The greatest”
The exact right kind of rock voice.
The 1989 song Billy Joel never wanted to sing: “Sometimes you just can’t get through to people”
Giving the whole thing away.
“He was a freak”: The guitarist Billy Joel thought was out of everybody’s league
Inventing a whole new language.
“Disco bullshit”: The classic rock band featured in the background of Billy Joel’s 1978 number two hit
“Play it the way I told you to play!”