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CEO, songwriter, artist and visionary. The songwriting talents of William Phillips are only overshadowed by his Entrepreneurial mind state and desire to be spiritually untouchable. With over 250 written songs and 1/4 of them recorded, William may arguably be one the music industries best kept secrets. Of course he's lyrically deep and a songwriting juggernaut, but what really goes on in the mind of William Phillips? I'm glad you asked!IN HIS OWN WORDSI write from a truth that's within more than visual inspiration. I don't just see things and say, "I'm going to write about that." Although, I have from time to time been inspired by many things that have produced countless ideas in my song writing (if that makes sense).Anyone who know's me personally will tell you that contrary to popular belief, I'm goofy as hell. I love laughing, joking and having fun; it combats my depression. But there is a time and place for everything! First and foremost I'm all business! I believe that The Lord (or whoever you worship) gives us all gifts before we're born, or maybe within or through our conception.How you use that gift can "in my opinion" determine your destiny. I believe that your destiny is decided by focus and hard work. If you work towards something in life and remain focused on it and The Lord, then by God's grace you can achieve that. I learned as a child thatOBSTACLES ARE WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOUR GOALS ARE OUT OF REACH!I've recorded about 6 albums (CD's) within the last 9 years with a 3 year hiatus due to being mentally and psychically burned out. In 1999 I recorded "Point Of No Return" as an introduction into the world of the enigma of William Phillips p/k/a Mr. Maniacal. At that time in my life I was going through a lot of personal issues and fighting a personal war with my God.Through it all I noticed that as my thoughts and songwriting ability got deeper, I was getting further out of touch with reality. I was categorized as evil and some labeled my songs as devil worship. Still I knew that the ends would justify the means with my writing due to the pain that I was going through.I'm not the average songwriter and artist. I don't follow trends! I stay true to what I know and believe in. For me that's life, death, religion and the truth. As far back as I can remember as a child the truth was always right in my face. My mother never really candy-coated anything, she was always real with me and Dam! I love her till this day for that. This world that we're living in is full of evil doings and those who do it. I chose to put that out front in a lot of my songs although at times you have to bend your mind a little and untangle the riddle to understand it.THE TIMELINEI've often been "misunderstood" and labeled as "unapproachable." Misunderstood (definitely) unapproachable (not at all) as long as your not coming with a bunch of bullshit I'll kick it with you about dam near anything. Many misunderstanding's sparked the 2005 release of "Running To Meet Death." Everything is so personal with me when I write songs because I don't believe that no (1) emotion should be held back. If I feel it I'm going to say it. I refuse to be stressed out and wake up a day later saying ,"Dam, I should have said this or that." Then again there's the day's that I awake and say, "Dam, I shouldn't have said that!" Everyday is a struggle and life is a losing battle because we're all headed for the same destiny. The person in the end with all the money, power, fame and status still dies like everyone else, so get right with your GOD!It is easier for a camel to walk through the eye of a needle........In 2006 I wrote and released the emotionally charged Chapter 8 Verse 13. I was born on August the 13th, So (8) I consider the Chapter and (13) I consider the Verse. 85% of this CD I wrote in the dark by flashlight or with candles lit (real talk) and I always wrote after 1:45 am. and wouldn't read back anything I wrote till after 6:45 am. These were times that my mother would pray when I was a child. I figured if it worked for her in prayer maybe it would work for me in my writing. If you've heard Chapter 8 Verse 13, what do you think? Yeah, me too.So, people often ask me about my song titles and the titles of my CD's because some seem to have no relevance to each other at times. Well, I'm glad you asked!I had Pneumonia in the lungs in 1985 and everything that came out of that time I called the Point Of No Return. In 2004 I released "Running To Meet Death."I was on my way to work on March 9th in 2004 and my world just seem like it was caving in. All the money, the house, the car, trucks, 6 figure income; none of that mattered because I had lost focus with my GOD! I felt within that he had taken his love from me!What does it prosper a man to gain the world........I was admitted to room 634 at the Oakland Pontiac Mercy Hospital by Auburn Hills finest. What's even deeper is a year or so before all of this happened, it was given to me by a little old white lady that I had never seen or met in my life through prophecy. She even told me to start spending as much time with my mother as I could. I thank my GOD that I listened. My mother always preached obedience. Therefore the new CD is titled 309/634 "The Prophecy."This is an excerpt from the forthcoming auto-biblical-ography "When All Else Fails" from William Phillips p/k/a God's Favorite/Period!