Billy Joel had a complicated relationship with his father, Howard — and knew that when it came time, he would do things differently. “I didn't have a dad, so it was very important for me to be a dad," Joel tells PEOPLE in this week's cover story.

Billy Joel is clearing the air on a long-standing rumor -- he’s never had a DUI. In his new HBO documentary "Billy Joel: And So It Goes," the music legend directly addresses speculation he racked up multiple DUIs in the early 2000s during a string of car accidents.