Alexa Ray Joel Biography

Fast Facts

• After studying at Boston's Berklee College of Music, she would attend New York University
• Daughter of singer Billy Joel and model Christie Brinkley
• Briefly hospitalized in 2009 after accidentally ingesting too much of an ibuprofen-like drug, however, she later stated the event was not a suicide attempt
• Quote: "[Regarding her parents] "I got the double whammy․ It is tough to live in that shadow․ I have been pushing and pulling and I am still fighting my way out of it․""
• Quote: "I worked a long time to get good at what I am doing and nobody handed me a recording contract because of who my father is․"
• Released her first singles in 2006 as a solo artist after touring with a band for much of 2005
• Once served as resident musician of the Plaza Hotel in New York City, playing a piano in the lobby for visitors
• Her middle name of Ray was chosen to honor Ray Charles