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Article: GOING CLASSICAL WITH THE PIANO MAN; BILLY JOEL PUTS POP SONGWRITER-ROCKER LEGACY ASIDE TO FOLLOW A DIFFERENT PATH.(L.A. LIFE)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- August 20, 1997
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Byline: Stuart Levine Daily News Staff Writer
Brahms. Beethoven. Bach. Billy?
Could be. Billy Joel, one of Columbia Records' biggest-selling artists, says he's ditching the rock 'n' roll thing to become more ... classical.
``I don't know if it's coming to an end,'' said Joel of his legacy as a pop songwriter-rocker. ``There's nothing unusual about a man my age (48) changing. I know some people will have a hard time with it, but what can you do? This is just a natural evolution for me. It's not writer's block.''
Growing up on Long Island about 30 miles east of Manhattan, Joel said the music he wrote in his early teens always had a ...