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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Part of the punk attitude was that you should project your music through your whole body… show your personality as much as possible. Billy Idol Read Quote
