Billy Joel, in a wide-ranging interview at an event that included performances of his hits by Tony Bennett and Melissa Etheridge, dished on his past, including trying heroin and almost forming a supergroup with Sting.

The piano man opened up Monday in a two-hour interview with Howard Stern in front of 150 people in New York, where he also discussed his career, family, childhood and current month-to-month run at Madison Square Garden.

He said it was the inspiration behind the song "Scandinavian Skies" from his 1982 album "The Nylon Curtain".

He also said he talked about forming a group with Sting, Don Henley and "another guitarist".

Joel said he doesn't have plans to release new music but said he recently recorded a Christmas song with Johnny Mathis, who's 78 .

Joel sang and played piano between conversations and mimicked other artists including Johnny Cash to Elton John.

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