I like people like Ani DiFranco, a band called Elbow, of course John Lennon, George Harrison, Barry White. I have a lot of different influences and hopefully they all come together and make some sense.
Billy BoydI think all art is subjective - that whoever's watching it or listening to it will decide whether it's good or bad.
Billy BoydThe club thing is a world people can associate with, letting your hair down at the weekend.
Billy BoydI think I have a gift... but I haven't really opened that gift yet and given it to myself.
Billy BoydIn fact, Russell Crowe once phoned me up to see if I wanted to go to a party but I had to bring my guitar and perform Oh Jean.
Billy BoydI wasn't into Tolkien at school really. But the story is timeless, the themes that it touches on are contained in cultures all around the world. The innocent on a quest, the pretender, an inanimate object that holds evil - it's really strange that these themes are there in so many different countries' folklore.
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