Billy Joel’s Inventive Director Explains How HBO Documentary Got here About

Billy Joel‘s longtime inventive director Steve Cohen is explaining how the Piano Man’s documentary lastly got here to fruition … and he is acquired a well being replace on the music legend too.

Steve’s identified Billy for over half a century and he is an govt producer on the brand new HBO documentary “Billy Joel: And So It Goes” … and he joined us Thursday on “TMZ Live” to take us behind the scenes of the manufacturing.

Billy was all the time reluctant to movie a documentary as a result of he felt like he instructed his story by means of his music … however Steve tells us what modified to get Billy in entrance of the digicam.

The documentary’s fascinating and there are interviews with Paul McCartney, Pink, Garth Brooks, John Mellencamp, Clive Davis and Bruce Springsteen … heck, even Nas had plenty of reward for Billy — which can be a shock to many, however not Steve.

Billy’s love life can be explored … and Steve tells us a couple of highly effective dialog with Billy’s ex, Christie Brinkley … and he says Billy wasn’t comfy with all the eye their relationship garnered again within the day.

Steve’s been in Billy’s circle for 51 years … and he says the man’s progressing nicely from a mind dysfunction analysis … and tells us whether or not Billy’s ever going to get again onstage.