Take a look back at Joel's former partners, including Christie Brinkley, and get to know his current wife, Alexis Roderick Joel, too.

At one point, [Billy] said to me, 'You going deep?' And I said, ‘Yeah, and you know you’re going to go deep too,'" the film’s co-director Susan Lacy says.

The “Just The Way You Are” singer, 76, recalled an instance in which he was knocked unconscious by his father after putting his own spin on Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” during piano practice as a child. Howard, an accomplished classical pianist in his own right, required that all songs be performed as they were originally written.

Billy Joel may have stepped away from the stage in 2025, but his fortune continues to strike a powerful chord. Here is a closer look at how the music icon built and maintains his wealth.