What Billy Strings has said about Grief

Strings said he believes he is processing his grief in his sleep, waking up crying and unable to breathe.

“I'm like grieving a lot in my dreams. I wake up like suffocating in my sleep”

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #676 - Billy Strings (Aug 20, 2026) · Listen from 1:13:19

Strings said hearing old recorded phone tapes changed his belief that his biological father cared more about heroin than about him.

“I always thought, Oh, well, he loved heroin more than me. Right. And I'm kind of, you know, I was kind of like, well, screw him”

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #676 - Billy Strings (Aug 20, 2026) · Listen from 1:20:38

Strings said family recordings suggest his father may have been murdered with a deliberately fatal injection rather than dying of an accidental overdose.

“it turns out there's a pretty good chance that he was kind of murdered, you know?”

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #676 - Billy Strings (Aug 20, 2026) · Listen from 1:21:19

Strings said his hardships gave him what he calls experiential density along with a sense of terminal uniqueness and isolation.

“I have this... kind of like terminal uniqueness in a way that's like, I never feel like anybody would know what it's like to be in my shoes”

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #676 - Billy Strings (Aug 20, 2026) · Listen from 1:48:42

Strings disclosed that he was molested as a young child.

“I was molested when I was a child”

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #676 - Billy Strings (Aug 20, 2026) · Listen from 1:49:51