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                                                 It was as if it was meant to be written but not shared until
                                                 now. I have waited a while to find the right time to share
                                                 this track, and it seemed really fitting to put it on as a B
                                                 side to “Honky Tonk Southern Sky." ps Evey had long red
                                                 hair, so it was fitting there was a reference to the Willies
                                                 album I referred to earlier.


                                                 How  did  you  collaborate  with  Boy  George  on  "The
                                                 Voice Australia," and what impact did it have on your
                                                 music career?

                                                 The Voice Australia had a huge impact on my career, but
                                                 more personally than professionally. It showed me that I
                                                 was capable of so much more that I was able to perform
                                      COLIN LILLIE
                                                 under  the  big  lights  of  TV  and  big  production.  It  was
                                                 George who said, “I deserved to be where I was and that I
                                                 had all I needed to be successful; I just had to give myself
                              Q &A WITH
                                                 permission and let go of the past.” The show helped me
                                                 see that I already had the capability. I'm just waiting on
                                                 the  world  to  catch  up  on  what  so  many  others  already
                                                 know, like Boy George.

                                                 What  message  do  you  hope  to  convey  through  your
                                                 music?

                                                 I  don’t  think  this  question  is  for  me  to  answer  really
                                                 because  my  story  is  a  human  story,  and  for  me,  what  I
                                                 convey through my music is human life in all its glorious
                                                 mess, and it's for the listener to decide what it conveys to
                                                 them. To me, each song is a moment of my truth at that
                                                 time, and I would hope that those moments convey love,
                                                 resilience,  hope,  faith,  recovery,  family,  and  God.  Yet
                                                 tomorrow  it  could  all  mean  something  else,  but  for  all
                                                 purposes, let's keep it to that for now.

                                                 How do you feel your music transcends generations,
                                                 and what unique aspects contribute to that?

                                                 Honestly, I can’t answer this because I just don’t know. I
                                                 guess I will only know the answer to this question if I ever
                                                 get to chat with all those who have influenced me and my
                                                 music.











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