Billy Joel joins the Knicks, Yankees, and Liberty as a Madison Square Garden franchise and will be performing one concert a month at the venue starting January 2014, he announced Dec. 3.

At a press conference held in the famed New York City arena, the singer spoke to Enstars about the favorite show he experienced at MSG and if he ever tires of playing any song after decades of touring.

Joel is the first entertainer to be joining the MSG franchise. Looking dapper dressed in a suit and tie, he was overwhelmed by the praise he received from the press at the event and said that he hoped to live up to it.

The 64-year-old singer-songwriter has played 46 concerts at MSG and made a record selling-out 12 consecutive shows in 2006 at the venue. Joel spoke about what MSG meant to him as an artist, recalling his very first concert at the landmark in 1978.

"Growing up as a young musician in Hicksville New York, MSG appeared larger than life and like many other aspiring musicians I dreamed of playing the Garden," he said. "But it was more than that, MSG was New York to me, this is where artists become stars and players become legends. In 1978 I achieved my dream of playing this iconic venue for the first time and it didn't get any better than that moment. I said this in '78, I'll say it again, there is no better venue in the world."

The musician said that even after 46 concerts the venue was still a magical stage for an artist like him, and this moment was truly an honor.

"Playing alongside its legendary and original franchises the Knicks, the Yankees and Liberty, it's quiet a momentous occasion for that older but still aspiring from Long Island," he said. "One thing I can assure audiences about is that playing at MSG never gets old."

While everybody went on about how the iconic musician owned audiences at MSG, Enstars asked him which artist's performance was most memorable at the venue for him.

"Zeppelin!" he was quick to reply.

He went on to rack his brain for another artist who might have been equally good but then gave up, adding "[That's] hard to top."

In a career spanning over four decades and countless tours and concerts, it seems like Joel will be playing those classic crowd favorites every month at MSG now. Even after all these years it seems like there is not even one song that he has tired of playing or might not be as hooked to when taking it to the stage.

"They are all like kind of my kids, you don't really get tired of them, you get used to them," the singer said.

The most recently added date for Joel's performances at MSG is May 9, which also happens to be the singer's birthday. Four of the previously confirmed dates are already sold out.

Here are Joel's currently confirmed dates at MSG:

Jan. 27 2014

Feb. 3 2014

Mar. 21 2014

April 18. 2014

May 9 2014

MSG executives, athletes from the venue's sports franchise, and NY Governor Andrew Cuomo were also present at the press conference. The governor commended MSG staff for recently revamping the venue and investing $1 billion toward the endeavor. While he was quite grateful for the contribution to New York's cultural and social scene, Cuomo was glad they did it out of their own pocket.

"The really good news is none of it was my money," he quipped.

Cuomo went on to celebrate Joel's contribution to both music and New York, and the coming together of two New York icons: the singer and the stadium. 

"Billy Joel has been acclaimed around the world as a musician of prodigious talent and a visionary artist," he said.

The governor also credited Joel with capturing the voice of the average New Yorker, saying that his music and words channeled "the ordinary challenges of New Yorkers, the struggles they face, the dreams they share, from high school sweethearts Brenda and Eddy to the struggle of the working middle class in Anthony's Song to the economic challenges of the Long Island bayman in the Down easter Alexa."

"Billy tells the New York story because Billy is the New York story," he added.

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