there s an element of alchemy in making music. almost a sorcery or a magic that, i don t necessarily understand, but i know that it moves me. i seen the lights go out on broadway i saw the empire state laid low and life went on beyond the palisades they all bought cadillacs and left there long ago to tell the world about the way the lights went out and keep the memory alive it s all these human emotions. for some reason, we can tap into that, musicians. when we came up with this idea of doing a series of in-depth interviews with really extraordinary people, we started thinking about whom we should try to get, and whom we should ask. and we thought about the usual political figures, obama, the dalai lama. and i kept coming back to the idea, of interviewing the person i really wanted to interview, and that was billy joel. and the reason is that i ve been in love with his music ever since i was a teenager growing up in india. billy joel has been a
broadway i saw the empire state lay low life went on beyond the palisades they all bought cadillacs left there long ago to tell the world about the way the light went out to keep the memory alive it s all these human emotions. for some reason we can tap into that as musicians. when we came up with this idea of doing this series of in-depth interviews with really extraordinary people we started thinking about whom we should try to get and whom we should ask. and we thought about the usual political figures, obama, the dali lama. and i come back to the idea of interviewing the person i really wanted to interview, and that was billy joel. and the reason is i ve been in love with his music ever since i was a teenager growing up in india. billy joel has been a rockstar for five decades. today he keeps up his nearly ten-yearlong residency at madison square garden playing the piano and belting out the lyrics that so many fans adore. he s sold more than 150 million reco
I m bigger, then i know i am. sing us a song, mr. piano man sing us a song tonight so, when i watch now, and i saw you in madison square garden, you have, tens of thousands of people, singing back your songs to you. this must be a crazy, heavy experience. and then, you go into, the car when the concert is done, is that deflating? yes. it s an extreme transition, to go from 20,000 people singing your words back to you, applauding you, standing, cheering, making all this noise, and then you get into this quiet car and there s nothing. you go from, being mussolini, to being insignificant. and a lot of people have difficulty with that transition. some people feel like they need to have bodyguards with them and
From 20,000 people singing your words back to you, applauding you, standing, cheering, making all this noise. and then you get into this quiet car and there s nothing. you go from being mussolini to being insignificant. and a lot of people have difficulty with that transition. some people feel like they need to have body guards with them and a whole entourage of people. i m just by myself in the car, okay, what was that all about? it s jarring. this is unique. movie stars don t have 50,000 people is that what causes so much of the drugs and the alcohol? you re almost trying to re-create that high. that that s probably true. some people who can t deal with that transition of going from