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I never stopped writing music, I just stopped writing songs. I've been writing music continually ever since the last album of original tunes, River Of Dreams in '93.

Billy Joel

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Billy Joel
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 9
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New York City
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William Martin Joel
William Martin Billy Joel
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William M. Joel
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