I've always liked New York, as I like towns with an edge and New York has a European feel, so when I came to play music here in the '80s it was a surprise to me.
We had the same kind of unemployment here as they had in the worst hit places in the North and you're meant to be on a cushy wicket in the South. If … - Billy Childish
We had the same kind of unemployment here as they had in the worst hit places in the North and you're meant to be on a cushy wicket in the South. If …
- Billy Childish
My favourite things are jokes, friendliness and feeling comfortable. - Billy Childish
My favourite things are jokes, friendliness and feeling comfortable.
It is an artist's duty to be on the wrong end of the see-saw. - Billy Childish
It is an artist's duty to be on the wrong end of the see-saw.
We are not actually in charge of life, yet we behave as if we are the masters of our own destiny. The realization of this fact is quite a hard one. T… - Billy Childish
We are not actually in charge of life, yet we behave as if we are the masters of our own destiny. The realization of this fact is quite a hard one. T…
One of my biggest problems in life has been my inability to lie. - Billy Childish
One of my biggest problems in life has been my inability to lie.
Artists who don't paint aren't artists. - Billy Childish
Artists who don't paint aren't artists.
I've not been an admirer of contemporary music since punk rock went off the boil in 1977, but once a year I'll listen to 'Spiral Scratch' by the Buzz… - Billy Childish
I've not been an admirer of contemporary music since punk rock went off the boil in 1977, but once a year I'll listen to 'Spiral Scratch' by the Buzz…
Before 1999, Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas offered to get me exhibitions, but joining the Stuckists put a kaibosh on all that - because I wasn't prepar… - Billy Childish
Before 1999, Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas offered to get me exhibitions, but joining the Stuckists put a kaibosh on all that - because I wasn't prepar…
Being a fan of authentic Dada, I find today's art - what I call 'Bankers' Dada' - mind-numbingly dull. The most challenging work I've seen of late is… - Billy Childish
Being a fan of authentic Dada, I find today's art - what I call 'Bankers' Dada' - mind-numbingly dull. The most challenging work I've seen of late is…
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