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| Which song off Dare To Dream is your favorite? |
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| 1) Win a Grammy. 2) Perform at the Grand Ole Opry. 3) Build his own recording studio. 4) Have his own tour bus. |
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| Some highlights from "Oh Boy!", Billy's article in Country Weekly Magazine |
| '(The long, winding creek that runs through the back of his grandparents' house) is my favorite place,' he says with enthusiasm. 'My brother Colin and I go there to play games. We swim and when it freezes, we go sledding. Our dad takes us ice fishing there in the winter.'" |
| "At one point last summer, he was selling more albums per week than Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Shania Twain, or George Strait." |
| "'My room is a mess,' confesses Billy. 'I've got CDs everywhere and posters all over the place - Faith Hill, Britney Spears, Dixie Chicks. I love my room. It's very comfortable. I just shut my door and read and do my homework. I don't have a TV in there,' he continues with a chuckle, 'but that's probably good.'" |
| "'Ever since he was about four, he's been performing for the family,' says Fran. 'We've had more free shows than anybody I know.'" |
| "...because of an early medical problem, no one is sure how he developed that talent. When Billy was nine, his family discovered that the mastoid bone in his left ear was pushed out, requiring surgery. 'They had to go in and rebuild his whole ear,' says Fran. 'The doctors told us at the time that they didn't know how he does what he does. It was really bad.'" |
| "'I love singing and getting up on a stage...But at the same time, I'm just a regular ol' kid.'" |
| "'When I got back from the Whitehouse, we all went to see the Grinch movie. When we're hanging out, we go to Wendy's or McDonald's, but my favorite, ' he pauses and grins, 'is the Best Eatin' Coffe Shop. Their homemade donuts are the best...'" |
| "This is one little guy who can wolf down mass quantities.of junk food. 'The other night, I was so hungry, I ate a whole 5-pack of Twinkies. Of course, I got sick. I also like to snack on Fritos, the barbequed kind, and Gushers, which are jelly-filled candies.'" |
| Dare to Dream |
| What are your biggest dreams? Write to me and I'll post them here! |
| What the future's gonna bring..... |
| Where do you see Billy five, ten, twenty years from now? Send in your thoughts! |
| "To meet Billy Gilman" - Charles (among others) "I want to be a singer. I have wanted to since fifth grade." - Dan "To marry Billy." - (many people have contributed this one!!!) "To have Billy like me." - Whitney "To stay alive until I'm 20. That will be very difficult since I have very bad cystic fibrosis." - CD "To be a great singer or actress and meet Billy." - Sadie "To sing and act with him on Broadway. I have always wanted to be in Broadway or be a singer since I was three (Billy and I share the same past - sort of!) - Molly "I want to help Billy's band or meet Billy Gilman. - Mark "I've wanted to be a singer since I was 2." - Ali |
| "5 years from now I see Billy as big, and bigger than he is now. He has already accomplished so much. I can just imagine what he'll do in the future." - Dan "...I see Billy as Garth Brooks or Tim McGraw. He'll be a country music phenom and be known all over the world..." - Nora "I think he'll be a legend like Johnny Cash has been, except not as boring to young people." - Sadie "...he will be in a Broadway musical..." - Molly |
| Just Billy being Billy |
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