Reviews
"If you call yourself a Joel fan, you'll be reading this." - Newsday "[T]he rollicking story of a Hicksville boy made good." - Maura Johnston, Newsday "[A] funny and revealing account of one of the most popular songwriters of our time." - New York Daily News "Schruers' account of Joel's 1970s rise is fantastic, rich in anecdotes about the origins of different songs." - Billboard "Schruers uses interviews to great effect, allowing to emerge the everyman persona that resonates with Joel's fans...a fair, thorough assessment of Joel's celebrity." - Publisher's Weekly, "If you call yourself a Joel fan, you'll be reading this." - Newsday "[T]he rollicking story of a Hicksville boy made good." - Maura Johnston, Newsday "[A] funny, revealing, and poignant look at [Joel's] long career." - Boston Globe "Schruers' account of Joel's 1970s rise is fantastic, rich in anecdotes about the origins of different songs." - Billboard [Billy Joel] not only lives up to its subtitle, but has the strengths of both an autobiography and biography.... [It] will likely end up as the most complete tome on the Bard of Long Island, with the most access to its subject." - Houston Press "[A] funny and revealing account of one of the most popular songwriters of our time." - New York Daily News "Schruers uses interviews to great effect, allowing to emerge the everyman persona that resonates with Joel's fans...a fair, thorough assessment of Joel's celebrity." - Publishers Weekly, "If you call yourself a Joel fan, you'll be reading this." - Newsday "[T]he rollicking story of a Hicksville boy made good." - Maura Johnston, Newsday "[A] funny and revealing account of one of the most popular songwriters of our time." - New York Daily News "Schruers' account of Joel's 1970s rise is fantastic, rich in anecdotes about the origins of different songs." - Billboard
