I wish so much I could have found the other message Billy sent me also. I was finishing chemotherapy in 2019 and expressed how his music was my soundtrack for those rough 8 hours, every few weeks for several months. This screenshot is all I have as I’m not active on instagram anymore, but I had auditioned as a pianist for his project and having your absolute favourite genius musician say you were a good player was absolutely incredible and a blessing, especially when dealing with cancer.

He was SO generous, kind hearted and empathetic. It made a world of difference for me.

Happiest birthday Billy! You are so incredibly gifted, yet humble and empathetic and I’ll never forget these moments or when I saw you after kicking cancer’s bum in 2019 in Sweden! Rock on ❤️❤️🙏🎶