Billy Childish
Billy Childish
Billy Childishis an English painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist. Since the late 1970s, Childish has been prolific in creating music, writing and visual art. He has led and played in bands including the Pop Rivets, Thee Milkshakes, Thee Headcoats, and the Musicians of the British Empire, primarily working in the genres of garage rock, punk and surf...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth1 December 1959
car people looks
Bowie and McCartney arrived, and the biscuits and caviare started and I left immediately. I don't like shouting across rooms, with people in shiny suits who look like used-car salesmen.
brother names age
When I was better known than her, she put my name in that tent. I was asked to do Celebrity Big Brother, but why should I? We live in an age where fame is not related to what you do.
cutting men mustache
A moustache to a man is the same as a fringe is to a woman. When you've got it, you want to grow it out; when you've grown it out, you want to cut it.
destiny realization facts
We are not actually in charge of life, yet we behave as if we are the masters of our own destiny. The realization of this fact is quite a hard one. The ridiculousness of our pomposity and presumption can only result in anger or humor.
artist paint
Artists who don't paint aren't artists.
margins
I like being on the margins. You work better there.
yoga drinking health
I gave up drinking lots of whiskey and began to practice yoga and meditation. As a result I am not dead.
artist saws ends
It is an artist's duty to be on the wrong end of the see-saw.
rocks blue years
I've not been an admirer of contemporary music since punk rock went off the boil in 1977, but once a year I'll listen to 'Spiral Scratch' by the Buzzcocks, or 'Hippy Hippy Shake' by the Swinging Blue Jeans. Otherwise, I can put up with Chopin or shakuhachi flute in the background.
helping i-can ifs
I don't spend a lot of time working if I can help it.
home talking ideas
I like feeling at home and knowing people. I like talking about ideas and being friendly.
jobs sunday dinner
I make sure I make a painting - that's my job. And I cook the Sunday dinner.
thinking painting unstoppable
I think that the mythology of Van Gogh's life, and the beauty of his paintings, is unstoppable.
cds play silence
I'm going to get a pair of wire-snips, and I've also started a new campaign to have blank CDs on jukeboxes so you can play the silence.