Billy Idol
Billy Idol
William Michael Albert Broad, known professionally by his stage name Billy Idol, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He first achieved fame in the 1970s as a member of the punk rock band Generation X. Subsequently, he embarked on a solo career which led to an international recognition and made Idol one of the lead artists during the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" in the United States...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPunk Singer
Date of Birth30 November 1955
CityStanmore, England
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.
When the other man has none, you don't need a gun.
Your empty eyes seem to pass me by and leave me dancing with myself.
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?
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.
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.
I don't care what stage or what reason, as long as we're playing.
I love it when someone insults me. That means that I don't have to be nice anymore.
If your world doesn't allow you to dream, move to one where you can.
It was a natural progression with the band,
So let's sink another drink 'Cause it'll give me time to think.
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.
Rock isn't art, it's the way ordinary people talk.
I'm really a singer, so I love songs and I love singing. I like rap music, but I didn't grow up freestyling.