The Joe Jackson Interviews

Billy Joel 2002. From Darkness to Light. An Inspirational Interview.


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This 2002 interview with Billy Joel was recorded backstage at Madison Square Garden after I managed to get, following a round table Press Conference, twenty minutes alone with the man. As such it wasn't the kind of one-hour in-depth interview I usually did but we managed to cover core issues in relation to Joel's psychology, such as his self-consciousness about his looks - "I said to Bono, we look like two bricklayers!" -  about his voice, suicidal feelings when he was twenty-one, the break up of his marriage to Christy Turlington, pain, in particular at losing touch with his daughter, after that breakup, alcoholism and finally finding happiness in a new marriage and gratification as an artist, writing classical music, and performing live. This tale of a struggle from darkness back to light later led to me including in my anthology of inspirational interviews, At The End Of A Storm is A Golden Sky - available from Amazon and joejacksoninterviewer.com - the print interview that came out of this chat. Whether you read the book or just listen to this podcast, I hope it helps you - particularly during this dark period of a global pandemic.
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