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Here I am starting a franchise and I'm gonna be 65 years old. I should've started this in 1978... I wrote like 300 songs and I'm gonna have to re-learn some of them!

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 M. Joel
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