Intro - Baby Grand (Billy Joel, Sting)

[Intro: Billy Joel]

When I'm blue

When I'm lonely and

[Spoken: Billy Joel & Sting]

I was told by Phil Ramone, who was a friend of Ray Charles

That Ray wanted to do a song with me

"You have anything in mind that you could write for Ray and you?"

I mean, I idolized Ray Charles all my life

He's probably my favorite singer of all time

So I thought, "I'll write a song about something we have in common"

And what's been the most consistent thing in our lives?

The piano

I love the extended metaphor of the piano as a lifelong love affair

I adore that song

And then getting Ray Charles to sing with him, that's, that's genius