Will Hall
Will Hall
Will Hallis an American mental health advocate, counselor, writer, and teacher. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, he is a leader in the peer support movement and is an organizer within the psychiatric survivors movement. Hall advocates the recovery approach to mental illness and is recognized internationally as an innovator in the treatment and societal response to psychosis...
hard-work writing desire
Mere literary talent is common; what is rare is endurance, the continuing desire to work hard at writing.
marriage together how-to-love
We learned how to love each other by loving together good things wholly outside each other.
against past practicing remember spread
I don't remember practicing against spread offenses as much as we did this past fall. It's (been) a lot more.
costs customers giving months presenting services three total trial value
We're giving trial customers three months of next-generation services free, and after the first month presenting them with a total of their costs and asking, 'Is that value for your money?'
voice
As I got older, my voice got better.
green bob matter
Everybody who I ever cared about has told me that they like my music: Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Al Green, The Spinners, Smokey Robinson. Everybody that matters.
artist trying cliche
Most artists try to avoid cliches, but it's pretty hard to avoid them if you yourself end up being one.
black black-music
What I do isn't black music; it's just my music.
teenager mean waiting
I was just like a 21st century person waiting to be born, and this is the medium that I thrive in. And I feel stronger now than I did any time since I've been a teenager - I mean, musically, creatively.
hero singers influence
Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter; a major influence on my own music from the very start.
way comfortable
I have to say I have never been comfortable with somebody else telling me what to do - in any way.
song trying singers
As a singer, I float around. I'm kind of scatty, bouncing around a lot. I try to adapt to what's going on around me in the song and the arrangement.
cousin circles wife
Yes, I travel in unusual circles. George Osborne and his wife Frances are my cousins.
song writing people
I definitely dislike pomposity and artifice. I hope that I'm not that. Once I write a song, it belongs to the world, and the way people perceive it, it's cool.