User:Billy Preston69

Hi, my name is Billy_Preston69. I am currently attending sixth form college and am a big fan of Soul singer Billy Preston. I am a musician and have always relied on Wikipedia for useful information.

Musical Tastes
I enjoy all kinds of music. I also enjoy playing music. These are my favourite musicians


 * Elvis Presley
 * Little Walter
 * Etta James
 * Louis Armstrong
 * Billy Preston
 * Ella Fitzgerald
 * Nat "King" Cole
 * Dave Brubeck
 * B.B. King
 * Frank Sinatra
 * Sammy Davis, Jr.
 * Dean Martin
 * Peggy Lee
 * Charles Mingus
 * Stephane Grappelli
 * Michel Petrucciani
 * Thelonious Monk
 * Mario Lanza
 * Kathryn Grayson
 * Duke Ellington
 * Lester Young
 * Glenn Miller
 * Artie Shaw
 * Andy Williams
 * Perry Como
 * Al Hirt
 * Dr. John
 * Billie Holiday
 * Lester Young
 * Oscar Peterson
 * Tyree Glenn
 * Ben E. King
 * LaVern Baker
 * Smokey Robinson
 * Eric Dolphy

Classical Music Tastes
Other than Jazz, Soul and R&B, the occasional piece of Classical music oft calms and soothes. Here is a list of my favourite Classical Composers


 * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 * Ludwig Van Beethoven
 * Johann Sebastian Bach
 * Felix Mendelssohn
 * Carl Maria von Weber
 * Johannes Brahms
 * Heinrich Baermann
 * Carl Baermann
 * Giuseppe Verdi
 * Georges Bizet
 * Anton Dvorak
 * Bela Bartok
 * Dmitri Shostakovitch
 * Johann Sebastian Strauss
 * Richard Strauss
 * Richard Wagner
 * Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
 * Sergei Rachmaninoff
 * Samuel Barber
 * Charles Ives
 * Claude Debussy
 * Maurice Ravel
 * Frederick Delius
 * Ralph Vaughan-Williams
 * Modest Mussorgsky
 * Gustav Holst
 * Frederic Chopin
 * George Handel
 * Edvard Grieg
 * Giacomo Puccini
 * Rimsky Korsakov
 * Edward Elgar
 * George Gershwin
 * Steve Reich
 * John Adams
 * Arnold Schoenberg
 * Alban Berg
 * Anton Webern
 * Joseph Haydn
 * George Gershwin
 * Igor Stravinsky
 * Sergei Prokofiev
 * Franz Schubert
 * Robert Schumann
 * Arcangelo Corelli
 * Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti
 * Friedrich Von Flotow
 * Lucio Dalla
 * Eduardo Di Capua
 * Maurice Ravel

Pet Hates
I hate racism and racial ideology. But then again, I do think it is weird why people refer to each other as "nigger" even if they're white. It befuddles me.

Dream Dates
I have had a massive crush on the following celebrities...


 * Taylor Swift
 * Scarlett Johannson
 * Dita Von Teese
 * Kristen Stewart
 * Emma Stone
 * Emma Watson
 * Holliday Grainger
 * Keira Knightley
 * Charli XCX
 * Florence Welch

I have also dreamed about travelling back in time to date the following famous ladies of the silver screen...

The damned list is endless; to say the least.
 * Jane Russell
 * Dinah Shore
 * Jean Simmons
 * Lana Turner
 * Ann Miller
 * Vera-Ellen
 * Rosemary Clooney
 * Julie London
 * Ava Gardner
 * Grace Kelly
 * Debbie Reynolds
 * Judy Garland
 * Marilyn Monroe
 * Jean Hagen
 * Dinah Shore
 * Diana Dors
 * Gloria Grahame
 * Angie Dickenson
 * Juliet Prowse
 * Line Renaud
 * Rita Moreno
 * Veronica Lake
 * Miss Jeff Donnell
 * Kathryn Grayson
 * Vivien Leigh
 * Vivian Blaine

Fears
I am absolutely petrified of scarecrows. The fear is apparently called formidaphobia. This was because I saw that Doctor Who episode when the scarecrows came to life; also the fact that a so-called best mate of mine thought it would be funny to push a six-foot seven one right on top of me. I spent two days in therapy trying to recover. It hasn't kicked in yet though. I got my revenge though; I caused him to accidentally fall into a shallow well. The only ones I can stand without ducking behind a cushion or running away is the scarecrow from The Wizard Of Oz, Batman and Live and Let Die.

Beliefs
I am a Baptist Christian.

I am also a Marxist. I believe that everybody should have an equal access to funds; without the poxy government controlling our money.

I am also a pacifist; but only if the violent actions are bloody unnecessary; they get people killed and cause many global problems. I am Anti-War!

Positions on topical matters

 * Homosexual marriage is alright by me; as long as they are happy.
 * Terrorism is destroying our civilisation; violence never solves anything
 * Peace throughout the world
 * Paedophiles are f***ing disgusting creatures that shouldn't be allowed in decent society
 * Child Pornography is disgusting and vile; who'd do that to poor harmless children? The thought of it sickens me!

Accomplishments
I have written thirteen different romantic styled poems, forty five different pulp fiction-esque novels and sixty different classical inspired symphonies and ensembles

Favourite Movies
My favourite movies are...


 * Psycho 1960 film starring Anthony Perkins
 * The Godfather
 * The Deer Hunter
 * GoodFellas
 * Psycho III
 * In A Lonely Place
 * The Killers
 * Vertigo
 * To Catch A Thief
 * Batman
 * Viva Las Vegas
 * Rock Around The Clock
 * Sun Valley Serenade
 * Orchestra Wives
 * M*A*S*H
 * L.A. Confidential 1997 film
 * The Wizard Of Oz
 * For Me And My Gal
 * A Star Is Born

What I'm passionate about
This section covers my personal passions.


 * I love Jazz music
 * I enjoy the company of women
 * I like Groucho Marx and Alan Alda as both share similar perspectives on life which I also agree with; what is the point of war? Why should politics have to be so damned difficult?

Idols
I look up to the following people...


 * Martin Luther King
 * Karl Marx
 * Muhammad Ali
 * Harper Lee
 * Truman Capote
 * Nat "King" Cole
 * Sammy Davis, Jr.
 * Aristotle
 * Socrates
 * Plato
 * Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
 * Judy Garland
 * Dalton Trumbo
 * Ludwig Wittgenstein
 * James Dean

Favourite Writers
The following names are my favourite authors. In brackets are my favourite books by said authors...


 * James Ellroy (The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, Perfidia)
 * Agatha Christie (Murder On The Links, Murder On The Orient Express, Murder Is Easy)
 * Raymond Chandler (Farewell, My Lovely, The Long Goodbye, The Lady In The Lake)
 * Ian Fleming (Casino Royale, Goldfinger, On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
 * Robert Bloch (Psycho, Psycho II, Psycho House)
 * Jack Kerouac (On The Road, Maggie Cassidy)
 * Ernest Hemingway (To Have And Have Not, The Old Man And The Sea)
 * Plato (Plato's Republic, Symposium And Phaedrus)
 * Karl Marx (Marx's Manifesto)
 * Mickey Spillane (Lady, Go Die!, I, The Jury, Kiss Me Deadly)
 * Kingsley Amis (Lucky Jim)
 * William Shakespeare (Othello, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Richard III, Twelfth Night)
 * Ludwig Wittgenstein (Tractatus Logico Philosphicus)
 * John Le Carre (The Night Manager, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)
 * John Dickie (La Cosa Nostra: A History of The Siclian Mafia)