Billy Idol

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?' ”

I'm not trying to hide from my past. I want to roll in it. Like a dog, rolling in feces, I'm rolling in the feces of my greatest hits - that's a bit of a wild way of looking at it, but I am a man, and we do like rolling in our own feces at times. ”

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.' ”

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. ”

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

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. ”

I rocked the cradle of love. ”

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

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. ”