#billy joel

billyjoelstateofmind:

There was this thread trending on Twitter where people are sharing some of their Billy Joel concert stories!

i saw billy in 2015 and while playing we didn’t start the fire there was a fly on stage. he grabbed a fly swatter from under the piano and continued to play the song with one hand while swatting at the fly with the other hand

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Vienna

Billy Joel

you got your passion, you got your pride
but don’t you know that only fools are satisfied?
dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true
when will you realize Vienna waits for you?

slow down you crazy child;
slow down you’re doing fine.

(vienna, billy joel)

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this week i found a playlist on spotify for bonnaroo. i’m not going to bonnaroo, and i don’t really care that i’m not. but i did see a bunch of billy joel tunes on the playlist because he’s one of the headliners. 

this song i’ve always loved, but hit me a bit more right now because somewhere along the line everyone has gotten so caught up in achieving goals and reaching dreams and we’ve forgotten how to just enjoy life day by day. we always have something to work towards, something to do, more money to make, more promotion to do for a business we’ve just started on etsy or instagram, plans to make, work to do to create our future. we’ve forgotten how to be in the present.

don’t get me wrong. i love being ambitious and goal-oriented. having goals and dreams is absolutely the best way to live, but we also really need to enjoy the process. realize it’s okay if you fall a bit off track sometimes. realize it’s okay that your ambitions aren’t on schedule if you’re enjoying the process (enjoying life). it’s okay to forget about ‘hustling’ sometimes. you can afford to lose a day or two.

mostly it’s about finding the right balance between being determined but enjoying every second of where you are now. 

butterflybymyself1111:

Billy Joel - And So It Goes

“And every time I’ve held a rose

It seems I only felt the thorns

And so it goes, and so it goes

And so will you, soon, I suppose…”

and the most he will do is throw shadows at you but he’s always a vulcan to me

It was always burning, since January 21st, 1983. Thanks Billy, thanks a lot!

girls nights and burial rites

pretty girl poetry clubs every full moon in the astronomy tower. spilled tea and flickering candles. dancing ‘til your feet are numb and your heart is still.

dedicated to those moments when you look at your friends and try desperately to hold onto the present, knowing full well you will grieve for this tomorrow

whoever allowed me internet access at the tender age of ten deserves a life sentence and a few hail marys to seal the deal

“the book ive been reading rests on my knee. you sleep. it’s beautiful out there - fields, little lakes and winter trees in february sunlight…your hand in my hand, still warm, still warm” - wendy cope

you dear, dear man. how i adore you