October 26, 2014

Billy Joel Learned About Love The Hard Way



Billy Joel and Third Wife Katie Lee, 32 years younger than him.
Photo: FilmMagic
[From article]
“You just need one — one person out of millions — to know and accept and love you for being, well, just the way you are . . . I see old folks walking down the street who look like they’ve been together 50 years, and there’s something very touching about it — that they’ve lasted so long. I used to wonder: How come I don’t have that? I can dream about it, think about it, write music and lyrics and sing about it. I can even try to achieve it again, and often have.”
His three tortured marriages — and the music they’ve inspired — are testament to that.
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“You can have all the money in the world, you can have mansions, you can have properties, you can have yachts, you can have limousines, you can have motorcycles,” he told Schruers. But without love, “it doesn’t mean a goddamn thing.”

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How Billy Joel’s three wives stole his heart and his money
By Maureen Callahan
New York Post
October 26, 2014 | 4:39am

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