ALL Magazine November 2016 | Page 78

Is there anything I haven’t asked you about you would like to mention? (i.e. friends band, upcoming gig, band you like, etc, etc ,etc.) How great my Parents have been in my musical journey. My Dad died in October 2009 and he was a great music fan like me, if we went to the record shop together he'd always insist I choose a record to take home. He encouraged my musical development. My Mum has listened to everything I've ever done and she has been tireless in her support for me whenever I've had personal doubts about my ability or lost focus. The great Women in my life who came along turned my head, sparked me with inspiration and generally left at The Exit! If I got in the passenger seat of your car right now and hit eject on the stereo right now, what would I find? "My City of Ruins" from Bruce Springsteen's The Rising LP released in 2002. There is a lyric in that song "Without your sweet kiss my soul is lost my friend, tell me how do I begin again? My City's in ruins" and I remember that it's my job to sing what people feel and what they can't say and fill that empty space inside them with my music even if it's just for a moment. To be a light in the darkness, Fear Without Progression. Nick Higton, Purley, London November 7th 2016.