Billy Joel opens up about the new HBO documentary 'Billy Joel: And So It Goes' — and why he "resisted" revealing the highs and lows of his life and career — in this week's issue of PEOPLE.

Billy Joel has married four times, including to model Christie Brinkley. The women in his life inspired songs such as “Uptown Girl” and “Just the Way You Are.”

Now, a two-part HBO documentary is exploring the life, career and personal struggles of Billy Joel, providing an expansive look at the man behind the music. Billy Joel’s former business manager and wife,

Billy Joel is "really enjoying this time in my life,” the star, whose life story is being told in the new HBO documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes, tells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story. He is dad to daughters Della,

In a new interview with Bill Maher, Billy Joel says passing up the chance to work with Beatles producer George Martin was one of the “most traumatic things” to happen in his career.

So It Goes’ will fully prepare you to teach a college class on Joel the angry young man, Ex-Wife Guy, and unlikely superstar.

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.

Legendary musician Billy Joel discussed with Bill Maher how he's become "inured" to criticism from the woke left, sharing his view on understanding different perspectives.