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Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

Armstrong and Getty.

And now here's Armstrong and Getty.

From the new HBO documentary, Billy Joel.

One thing I remember, I was supposed to be playing the Moonlight Sonata.

Must have been about eight years old.

And I... Rock and roll was around. Instead of playing,

I started playing.

He came down the stairs,

BAM!

I got whacked, and I got waxed so hard.

He knocked me out.

I was unconscious for like a minute.

And I remember waking up going, well, that got his attention.

That was my memory of his piano lessons.

So he didn't teach me much.

Cheemone.

Charming tale.

I remember one time I was asking a piano player, like a professional piano player.

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