Billy Idol
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Demographics
Gender Male
Birth Name William Michael Albert Broad
Birthplace Hendon, Middlesex, England, U.K.
Birth Date November 30, 1955
Ethnicity Northwestern European
Overview English, Irish
Nationality British
Career Musician, singer, songwriter, actor
Color Season Light Summer
Notes and Motifs
Pe popstar
Gamma Sensualist
SeFi I--- Unseelie
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Idol: "If your world doesn't allow you to dream, move to one where you can."
Idol: "Part of the punk attitude was that you should project your music through your whole body... show your personality as much as possible."
Idol: "I don't think punk ever really dies, because punk rock attitude can never die."
Idol: "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.'"
Idol: "I love it when someone insults me. That means that I don't have to be nice anymore."
Idol: "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."
Idol: "The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm stupid."
Idol: "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."
Idol: "I don't care what stage or what reason, as long as we're playing."
Idol: "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."
Idol: "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."
Idol: "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."
Idol: "I think love's exciting and happy, as well as being able to make you sad."