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"Vienna"

“When I did my first tour of Europe [in my early 20s], I got word that my father was working in an office in Vienna, Austria. I tracked him down and went to visit him.”

It turned out to be a profound experience. 

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Getting Burned

One of the hard lessons of rock and roll is that the music business is about both the music and the business, and if you don’t pay attention to each of them, you’re gonna get burned.

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William Lindsey Cochran
Billy Joel Fills in the Blanks

When Billy Joel was in his junior year at Hicksville High School on Long Island, he and his fellow students were given a questionnaire titled ‘Idea Associations.’  The form provided a phrase to prompt a response, and the students would fill in the blanks

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William Lindsey Cochran