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BILLY IDLE NO LONGER

“I remember I worked at the post office one Christmas,” reminisces Billy Idol, “and I was singing to myself, and there was this guy who turned around to me and said, ‘Never try to earn a living by singing, man, because you haven't got a voice.’ And I thought, ‘Right, I’m gonna do it,' even though I wasn’t sure of myself for a long time.

October 3, 1987
Sharon Harrow

BILLY IDLE NO LONGER

“I remember I worked at the post office one Christmas,” reminisces Billy Idol, “and I was singing to myself, and there was this guy who turned around to me and said, ‘Never try to earn a living by singing, man, because you haven't got a voice.’ And I thought, ‘Right, I’m gonna do it,' even though I wasn’t sure of myself for a long time. It’s like the old joke, y’know: There’s nothing like a good singer, and I’m nothing like a good singer.

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