Sid Quotes

[On Sid Vicious] Yes I can take on England, but I couldn't take on one heroin addict. (John Lydon)
I always said I'd never go to New York until someone pays me-because I've seen people come back from New York like desiccated, broken... New York is a tough place if you're coming out of Port Authority or from Oregon, and they were paying me 356 dollars a day to be on the set [of Sid and Nancy] so that was really wonderful. Then I did Straight To Hell which went straight to video (but) then Andy Warhol noticed me from those two films. Then I got to be in Interview magazine and I got this little measure of celebrity, but with no money (laughs) that sucks... (but) it feels great if you've been wanting it. A lot of people like to say, ‘oh I didn't ask for this, it just happened. I'm the luckiest guy in the world...' I always wanted it. View quote
Courtney Love
That Sid Vicious was obviously a schizophrenic, kind of a mean one too. View quote
Captain Beefheart
I teleported home last night with Ron and Sid and Meg Ron stole Meggy's heart away and I got Sidney's leg. View quote
Douglas Adams
Sid Vicious began the age of participation in which everyone could be the artist. Sid proved that you don't have to play well to be the star. You can play badly, or not even at all. I endorsed that attitude. If you can't write songs, no problem - simply steal one and change it to your taste. View quote
Malcolm Mclaren
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. View quote
Billy Idol
It was sad when Sid Vicious died... I was freaked out when Phil Lynott died from Thin Lizzy. I cried. It was too crazy. View quote
Dee Dee Ramone
Well Sid Pollack was... He was I would say probably, probably the most influential on me. View quote
Dabney Coleman
If you want good sketches, go pick up Sid Caesar. The best of Your Show of Shows. That's the greatest sketch comedy you'll ever see on television. View quote
Jamie Farr
It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who has done more over the past 20 to 30 years and who has led it is Professor Sid Watkins. View quote
Jackie Stewart
I'm not great at dealing with death, I have to say. I find death very hard: my mum, my dad, Sid Vicious. I'm not a monster; I feel it and it scares me. One death at a time, please, is all my heart will bear. (John Lydon)
It's better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out. I don't appreciate worship of dead Sid Vicious or of dead James Dean or of dead John Wayne. It's the same thing. Making Sid Vicious a hero, Jim Morrison - it's garbage to me. I worship the people who survive. Gloria Swanson, Greta Garbo. View quote
John Lennon
I think in my case, I had no choice but to have a good sense of humor. I grew up with my dad, Danny Thomas, and George Burns and Bob Hope and Milton Berle and Sid Caesar and all those guys were at our house all the time and telling jokes and making each other laugh. View quote
Marlo Thomas
From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that's what I had to do. View quote
Billy Crystal
I created Punk for this day and age. Do you see Britney walking around wearing ties and singing punk? Hell no. That's what I do. I'm like a Sid Vicious for a new generation. View quote
Avril Lavigne
Emperor Sid Caesar is gone to eternity himself now. He takes with him the gratitude of every one of us who first learned the relief of laughter from this genuinely great performer. View quote
Ben Stein
These critics with the illusions they've created about artists - it's like idol worship. They only like people when they're on their way up ... I cannot be on the way up again. ... What they want is dead heroes, like Sid Vicious and James Dean. I'm not interesting in being a dead (expletive) hero. ... So forget 'em, forget 'em." View quote
John Lennon