in 1978 I was just starting out and he said he talking about songwriting he said you have to listen to the way Billy Joel works with Liberty De Vito in creating groove Groove is the most important element if you're going to be successful and don't worry about all these crazy riffs overplaying stuff and just listen to how he dances around the tune and builds a song like that And so you were instrumental in and so inspirational to so many people And I just want to acknowledge that before we take off Well first and foremost you're still a kid You're doing a podcast No I am There's other people out there with real jobs you know So you're still a kid And yeah I did I did play differently And that's what Billy loved I mean I never took lessons and never studied

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