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Billy Idol Biography

William Michael Albert Broad (born 30 November 1955), known professionally as 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 international recognition and made Idol one of the lead artists during the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" in the United States.

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

Attitude, Body, Music, Personality, Possible, Show

Rock isn't art, it's the way ordinary people talk.

Art, Ordinary, People, Rocks, Way

I don't care what stage or what reason, as long as we're playing.

Care, Idols, Long, Playing, Reason, Stage

Let's sink another drink, cause it will give me time to think.

Causes, Drink, Giving, Think, Thinking, Time

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.

Advertising, Hair, Money, Play, Radio, Rocks

I am hopelessly divided between the dark and the good, the rebel and the saint, the sex maniac and the monk, the poet and the priest, the demagogue and the populist. Pen to paper, I’ve put it all down, every bit from the heart. I’m going out on a limb here, so watch my back.

Dark, Down, Heart, Pen, Priest, Sex

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.

Chaos, Lucky, One Day, People, Senses, Thinking

I love it when someone insults me. That means that I don't have to be nice anymore.

Insults, Love, Mean, Nice

The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm stupid.

Idols, Misconception, People, Stupid

If I only had the chance, I'd ask one to dance, and I'd be dancing with myself.

Asks, Chance, Dance, Dancing

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.

Alone, Clothes, Having, Matter, Money

I don't think punk ever really dies, because punk rock attitude can never die.

Attitude, Punk, Rock, Rocks, Think, Thinking

If your world doesn't allow you to dream, move to one where you can.

Dream, Inspirational, Life, Move, World

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.

Cutting, Encouraged, Eye, Hair, Real, Straight

Well there's nothing to lose And there's nothing to prove I'll be dancing with myself.

Dance, Dancing, Lose, Nothing, Nothing To Lose

Walk with electro-glide down the blue highway.

Blue, Down, Expression, Walk, Walks

Your empty eyes seem to pass me by and leave me dancing with myself.

Dancing, Eye, Leave, Pass, Rejection

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.

Believe, People, Quite, Should Have

I'm really a singer, so I love songs and I love singing. I like rap music, but I didn't grow up freestyling.

Freestyling, Growing Up, Like, Rap, Song, Songs

I rocked the cradle of love.

Cradle, Love, Rocked

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