Billy Joel on "Christmas in Fallujah"

I just saw Chuck Berry a few weeks ago, and he's still going.

Guys like that from the old school don't even think about retiring. They are probably going to play until they kick. I just feel like I am going to wear out whatever welcome I am getting. I just feel like I'm going to potentially wear out whatever welcome I'm getting. You know, once I hit 60 I'm going to have to sit down and do some hard thinking . . . is this what I'm going to be doing for the rest of my life?

Are you playing Shea stadium?

We're talking with the the Mets organization. Nothing has been locked in yet. I don't know how the word got out, but nothing has been really confirmed as far as I know. I would love to play there though.

I've noticed that Liberty Devito is no longer playing drums in your band?

Well actually, I haven't worked with him since the last tour we did, which started in '05.

Why?

Let's put it this way . . . he knows why and I know why, and I'm going to leave it at that.

Fair enough; I'm not going to push that point.

That's okay, I get asked that a lot, but it was a personal situation and I'm not really going to talk about that.

Do you think its possible that at some point in the future you'll write a new album?

Yeah, it's a possibility. I never discount the possibility of it, but I don't want to appear to be a tease and go, oh yeah, maybe I will. I honestly don't know. I really don't know. I am kind of a compulsive writer. I write in streaks and then there are periods of time where I don't write at all. Although I am writing music all the time, not necessarily songs, so, I honestly don't know. People who are looking for a definitive answer from me, I'm sorry, I have no idea. If I get motivated and write a whole album of songs, I'm not going to stop myself.