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
When I started out, everyone seemed to be adopting these names... Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious. I wasn't really Rotten or Vicious or Nasty, so I wanted something a bit more funny - yet something that seemed real rock 'n' roll... something that acknowledged my ambition.
I rocked the cradle of love.
Elvis a fight the dying light, Johnny Ray he's always crying.
Let's sink another drink, cause it will give me time to think.
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.
We want flesh, flesh for fantasy.
If I only had the chance, I'd ask one to dance, and I'd be dancing with myself.
Well there's nothing to lose And there's nothing to prove I'll be dancing with myself.
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.
Walk with electro-glide down the blue highway.
I don't think punk ever really dies, because punk rock attitude can never die.
I think love's exciting and happy, as well as being able to make you sad.
I'm really a singer, so I love songs and I love singing. I like rap music, but I didn't grow up freestyling.