“A Billy Joel song was on the radio, and it made me think of you,” is something I used to hear a lot back when people listened to the radio. It’s no surprise that Billy Joel is a sign for me. I have records, cassettes and CDs of every Billy Joel album because as music formats changed, so did my collection. I’ve also collected “Billy Joel friends” because Billy Joel’s music actually brought us together. I have seen Billy Joel in concert more times than I want to admit with many of my Billy Joel friends. When I was a kid, I wondered how music made by a grown man from New York could affect a little girl in Florida. Music is one of the most powerful ways to communicate. Songs can tap into our humanity and relay universal feelings that reach us all. The Piano Man wrote the soundtrack of My Life, put me in a New York State of Mind and, although this sentence is Shameless, I’ve Loved These Days with him as my sign.