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Don't miss a brief. Sign up for our daily email. Your Email. Contributors Become a Contributor. All Rights Reserved. Wearing a crimson scarf and Groucho Marx glasses, pop star Billy Joel emerged onto the stage of a packed Sanders Theater last night to answer questions about his experiences and give advice to students interested in music careers.

Addressing an audience of 1,, Joel broke from his normal mega-concert format and attempted to hold meaningful discourse with students and local residents. Joel expounded on topics ranging from how to break into the music business to how he prepares for a concert. Joel took the opportunity to set the record straight on a variety of topics.

He denied rumors of having a piano-shaped house in New Jersey and defined the "real estate novelist" in the song "The Piano Man" as a real estate agent who is writing the great American novel. Joel avoided talking about his recent divorce with Christy Brinkley, although he made some jokes about divorce throughout the night. One student asked Joel how he kept confident about his abilities as an artist before he became commercially successful.

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