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I'm really a singer, so I lov...

I'm really a singer, so I love songs and I love singing. I like rap music, but I didn't grow up freestyling.

Billy Idol 39 quotes

I'm not trying to hide from m...

I'm not trying to hide from my past. I want to roll in it. Like a dog, rolling in feces, I'm rolling in the feces of my greatest hits - that's a bit of a wild way of looking at it, but I am a man, and we do like rolling in our own feces at times.

Billy Idol 39 quotes

My hair used to be real long,...

My hair used to be real long, and my parents were encouraged when I cut it. They thought I was going 'straight,' but I was just getting weirder - at least in their eyes. I was getting into the punk thing.

Billy Idol 39 quotes

I am quite a romantic person,...

I am quite a romantic person, really, and I should have put that into my music earlier, but I was probably denying it... I didn't want to be soft because I felt I had to be so hard to get people to believe in me.

Billy Idol 39 quotes

I'm not talking with an Ameri...

I'm not talking with an American accent. I haven't gone off and become Sammy Hagar.

Billy Idol 39 quotes

There was a time when my whol...

There was a time when my whole life was in chaos, really, and I didn't help myself sort it out. But one day I came to my senses, and I think I was lucky because a lot of people don't.

Billy Idol 39 quotes

Well there's nothing to lose ...

Well there's nothing to lose And there's nothing to prove I'll be dancing with myself.

Billy Idol 39 quotes

My dad was one of the reasons...

My dad was one of the reasons I got into rock and roll, because I was learning the ropes of his business, which was selling powertools, and I was looking for a way out from under his heel. I was like, 'Where's the fun? Where's the glamour?

Billy Idol 39 quotes

I rocked the cradle of love. ...

I rocked the cradle of love.

Billy Idol 39 quotes

The world goes on, you go on ...

The world goes on, you go on and you change. You want to show the fans those changes, and you want to be able to verbalize them.

Billy Idol 39 quotes

When I started out, everyone ...

When I started out, everyone seemed to be adopting these names... Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious. I wasn't really Rotten or Vicious or Nasty, so I wanted something a bit more funny - yet something that seemed real rock 'n' roll... something that acknowledged my ambition.

Billy Idol 39 quotes

I don't think punk ever reall...

I don't think punk ever really dies, because punk rock attitude can never die.

Billy Idol 39 quotes

They wouldn't play my records...

They wouldn't play my records on American radio because I had spiky hair. They said, 'Punk rock doesn't sell advertising, it won't make any money.'

Billy Idol 39 quotes

The biggest misconception peo...

The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm stupid.

Billy Idol 39 quotes

It doesn't matter about money...

It doesn't matter about money; having it, not having it. Or having clothes, or not having them. You're still left alone with yourself in the end.

Billy Idol 39 quotes

It's like, what happened, I w...

It's like, what happened, I was always leading fashion, and then the grunge thing kind of came along. And because I've been so on top in the '80s you know, I, you know, what can I do? Suddenly go grunge?

Billy Idol 39 quotes

I think love's exciting and h...

I think love's exciting and happy, as well as being able to make you sad.

Billy Idol 39 quotes

My dad was one of the reasons...

My dad was one of the reasons I got into rock and roll, because I was learning the ropes of his business, which was selling powertools, and I was looking for a way out from under his heel. I was like, 'Where's the fun? Where's the glamour?'

Billy Idol 39 quotes

I am hopelessly divided betwe...

I am hopelessly divided between the dark and the good, the rebel and the saint, the sex maniac and the monk, the poet and the priest, the demagogue and the populist. Pen to paper, I put it all down - I'm out on a limb here, so watch my back.

Billy Idol 39 quotes

I'm not trying to hide from my...

I'm not trying to hide from my past. I want to roll in it. Like a dog, rolling in feces, I'm rolling in the feces of my greatest hits - that's a bit of a wild way of looking at it, but I am a man, and we do like rolling in our own feces at times.

Billy Idol 39 quotes

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