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Billy Joel Details How ‘Music Saved My Life’ in ‘And So It Goes’ Documentary Trailer

Billy Joel reflects on his life and career in the first trailer for 'Billy Joel: And So It Goes,' the upcoming HBO original documentary.

Joel doesn’t have an explanation for how his first band, the Hassles, were ever successful (“I don’t know one person that liked what we were doing”) or how he ended up dating the supermodel Christie Brinkley (“Me? Paul McCartney appears in the trailer to recall his first encounter with the singer, saying, “When I first heard Billy Joel, it was like, wait a minute. '” Even Bruce Springsteen popped in to admit, “Billy’s melodies are better than mine.” For P!nk, Joel prevailed because “he cares about the human experience” and “he wrote songs that mattered.”

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