British - Musician | November 30, 1955 -
The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm stupid.
Billy Idol
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I don't care what stage or what reason, as long as we're playing.
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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?'
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I'm really a singer, so I love songs and I love singing. I like rap music, but I didn't grow up freestyling.
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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?
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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.'
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