Creative Movement Magazine June 2014 Issue Issue | Page 16

THE FIRST SONG BILLY CAN REMEMBER HEARING IS HAVE HAD MICHAEL JACKSON THOUGH. LATELY, HE HAS BEEN LISTENING TO CLASSICAL MUSIC. TYPICALLY WHEN HE IS RECORDING AN ALBUM, HE LIKES TO STEER CLEAR OF ANY OUTSIDE INFLUENCES IN MUSIC. " I FIND THAT CLASSICAL MUSIC MOVES ME IN SUCH A WAY THAT IM ABLE TO BE MORE CREATIVE." HIS FAVORITE ALBUM IS ADRENALINE RUSH BY TWISTA. BILLY SAID " IF YOU WANT TO SUCCEED IN THIS BUSINESS THE ONLY THING THAT’S NON STOP IS THE WORK. PARTIES ONLY LEAVE YOU BROKE AND EXHAUSTED."

WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS LOVE LIFE BILLY SAID "IM NOT MARRIED CURRENTLY. BUT YES A GUY LIKE ME IS HARDLY EVER SINGLE. I LIKE TO KEEP A WOMAN AROUND TO HELP ME TAKE CARE OF THINGS THAT WOULD HAE OTHERWISE BEEN NEGLECTED DUE TO MY BUSY AND SOMETIMES HECTIC LIFESTYLE.IT CAN BE HARD TO MAINTAIN HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS BECAUSE IT TAKES A SPECIAL PERSON TO KEEP AN ARTIST HAPPY. A TRULY SPECIAL PERSON."

BILLY WRITES HIS LYRICS." I WROTE MY FIRST SONG WHEN I WAS 9.TO OVERCOME WRITERS BLOCK, I WILL JOURNAL, WATCH DOCUMENTARIES AND/OR BE QUIET." BILLY HAS BEEN RECORDING AND RELEASING MUSIC SINCE HE WAS 17 YEARS OLD. HIS FIRST ALBUM CAME OUT IN 1999 WHEN HE WAS 17. IT WAS TITLED, THE UNWRITTEN PAGES OF MY LIFE. BILLY IS YET TO GO ON TOUR, BUT IN A SHORT TIME, ONCE HIS ALBUM IS FINISHED, HE WILL HIT THE ROAD AND START TOURING. IF BILLY WASNT IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS, HE WOULD BE A WRITER. "I JOURNAL DAILY, AND HAVE A PROFOUND ABILITY TO WRITE." BILLY HAS NO OPINION ON CENSORSHIP. " I WOULDLNT SAY THAT I CENSOR MYSELF. INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE STUDIO I DON’T USE OR ENJOY ESPECIALLY LEWD LANGUAGE."

WHEN ASKED IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE? BILLY SAID "I COULD GO BACK IN TIME, I WOULD DO EVERYTHING DIFFERENTLY. BUT THAT’S THE THING TO IT, THAT’S WHY WE CANT GO BACK, ALL WE CAN DO IS GO FORWARD." ALTHOUGH BILLY DID SAY " THE STUPIDEST THING I EVER AGREED TO DO WAS MARRY MY EX WIFE. THAT BITCH. " IF YOU COULD PICK A TIME TO GO TO WHAT WOULD IT BE? " I WOULD HAVE ENJOYED LIVING IN THE 1800’S. THE WILD WEST."

BILLY IS NOT NOT POLITICALLY ACTIVE, ALTHOUGH HE FOLLOWS POLITICS CLOSELY." I HAVENT NOTICED HOW AMERICA HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, SINCE IVE BEEN DOING PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS."