Goodbye Billy Bubbles

From Madonna’s Instagram

Goodbye- William Orbit.
I had an epiphany when I met you and started working with you. I realized that music did not have to fit into categories or genres. So we created our own. You pressed a magic button inside of me and I fell into a galaxy of unrealized dreams. Your music gave me a magic carpet to fly on and I visited many places. Sad and Joyful
I sang in ways I’d never sung before.
I used words without caring if they made sense or not. In many ways you were my Ray of Light -as was my daughter Lola who was born around this time-
I was starting a new chapter,
I was choosing another road to walk down-and you were right by my side with your crooked teeth and your genius, way of hearing music. The studio was often church like and I would sit in silence, waiting for your ideas to explode out of your keyboard or your guitar and then I would run with them………..
I miss those days. Only you could inspire me to write a song like Drowned World or Swim. You were so otherworldly. So singular.
The years passed and I moved on to make music with other people, but I have never forgotten you or the magical time we spent together.
Goodbye Billy Bubbles.
I was so lucky to have known you and fallen down the rabbit hole with you. ♥️