There are other artists I love more than Billy Joel, but I’ve always respected his talent and craft. Paul McCartney’s comment about Just The Way You Are—that it’s the song he most wishes he would have written—I swear I’ve heard him say the same thing about God Only Knows. Billy was right, Just The Way […]

Well written Bob. I feel very privileged to have worked with Ozzy .First at Virgin Music Publishing and then when I was brought in to run Epic Associated by Tommy Mottola. I hired Michael Goldstone to be my AnR guy and asked him to work with Ozzy on his next album. No More Tears! Goldie […]

——— “I don’t want to change the world I don’t want the world to change me” 1 “Black Sabbath” was too far out there. You’ve got to remember, in 1970 Led Zeppelin was considered heavy metal. Sabbath had a new, younger audience. Despite getting terrible reviews, the band gained traction. Kind of like KISS. But […]

Bob, About an hour into part one.  Riveting, but what a rollercoaster ride…already. I grew up in Hicksville, lived 3 blocks from Billy Joel’s childhood home, a stone’s throw from (“…remember those nights hanging out at”)  the Village Green. Back then, for kids from Long Island, he was our hometown hero.  Over the years, he’d give […]