I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on

I could tell it was a popular move as a writer to walk down the bass lines while you were writing a song.

The early Billy Joel stuff I fell in love with, like Glass Houses, is a real rock record.

So if I was dating somebody now and the relationship didn't work out, I'd take that as failing

I am the byproduct of an Ellis Island orgy, basically. I'm everything. I've got quite a mixture in me. I know a lot of it and I don't know some of it. I'm pretty mixed up, but mostly Russian and Irish.

Thats part of the fun, I guess, is having people excited about seeing you and signing autographs and getting to meet fans and things like that.

My dad didn't want me to play guitar. He played piano, so I chose that. And I ended up loving it