English – natural version Without Stevie, I would never be who I am today. But I have also been shaped by so many different artists — Jimmy, Prince, Toto, Michael, Sananda Maitreya, Jacob Luttrell, and so many more. It was never just one person. For every feeling, every moment, every situation, there is a different kind of music, the right song, the right sound, the right style. Sometimes it is about what is happening right now. Sometimes it is about something that happened long ago. And when I find the right song, I listen to it again and again. I listen to music every day. For me, the first permission was to learn from it — to really listen, to try to understand what is behind it, why it reaches me, why it fits that particular moment. That became the mission. Not to become another Stevie, another Prince, another Michael, or anybody else. But to learn from all of them. To understand what they are giving me, what I feel when I hear it, what makes a song work, and what stays with me after the music is gone. And then, at some point, I understood: I don’t have to choose just one. I can take the feelings, the lessons, the sounds and the experiences that truly belong to me — and turn them into my own language. That’s how I want to make it into my own competition. Not by competing with them. By becoming completely myself. Deutsch Ohne Stevie wäre ich niemals der Mensch, der ich heute bin. Aber ich bin auch durch sehr viele verschiedene Künstler geprägt worden — Jimmy, Prince, Toto, Michael, Sananda Maitreya, Jacob Luttrell und noch so viele mehr. Es war nie nur eine einzige Person. Für jedes Gefühl, jeden Moment und jede Situation gibt es eine andere Art von Musik, den richtigen Song, den richtigen Sound und den richtigen Stil. Manchmal geht es um das, was gerade passiert. Manchmal um etwas, das schon lange zurückliegt. Und wenn ich den richtigen Song finde, höre ich ihn immer wieder. Ich höre jeden Tag Musik. Meine erste Erlaubnis war, davon zu lernen — wirklich zuzuhören und zu versuchen zu verstehen, was dahintersteckt, warum es mich erreicht und warum es genau zu diesem Moment passt. Daraus wurde die Mission. Nicht ein anderer Stevie, ein anderer Prince, ein anderer Michael oder irgendjemand anderes zu werden. Sondern von ihnen allen zu lernen. Zu verstehen, was sie mir geben, was ich fühle, wenn ich es höre, was einen Song funktionieren lässt und was von der Musik bleibt, wenn sie längst vorbei ist. Und irgendwann habe ich verstanden: Ich muss mich nicht für nur einen entscheiden. Ich kann die Gefühle, die Lektionen, die Sounds und die Erfahrungen, die wirklich zu mir gehören, nehmen — und daraus meine eigene Sprache machen. So will ich es zu meiner eigenen Competition machen. Nicht indem ich gegen sie antrete. Sondern indem ich vollständig ich selbst werde. English – expanded version Without Stevie, I would never be who I am today. But I have also been shaped by so many different artists — Jimmy, Prince, Toto, Michael, Sananda Maitreya, Jacob Luttrell, Lenny, Ernie, David, Ryan Harris, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, and so many more. It was never just one person. For every feeling, every moment and every situation, there can be a different kind of music, the right song, the right sound and the right style. And when I find the right one, I listen to it again and again. I listen to music every day. My first permission was to learn from it — to listen, to feel, to ask questions and to try to understand what is behind it. Because feeling something is only the beginning. A feeling is already an interpretation of what happens inside us. But without help, without asking questions, without using the right tools or learning from people who have already walked parts of that road, it can be very difficult — and sometimes simply not enough — to truly understand, express and embody what we feel. And that doesn’t only apply to music. It applies to everything. To emotions. To creativity. To relationships. To mistakes. To life itself. That’s why I don’t want to pretend that I have to figure everything out alone. I want to use help when I need it. I want to ask. I want to listen.I want to learn.And then I want to take what I have learned and make it part of myself — not as a copy, but as something I can truly embody. That became part of the mission. Not to become Stevie, Prince, Michael, or anybody else. But to learn from all of them. To understand what they give me, what I feel when I hear them, why it reaches me, and what remains after the music is gone. And then to turn those experiences into my own language. Not by competing with the people who taught me something. But by becoming completely myself. Because maybe the real competition was never against them. Maybe it was always about how completely I could become myself. how so from The boy TiM .....to the synbolic..' behind the way what it reslly needs to change the tesdon why it becomes that thiis mann is Tk.
