A Quote by Malcolm Mclaren

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.

Malcolm Mclaren

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Malcolm Mclaren
English - Musician
January 22, 1946 - April 8, 2010

Punk was perfect for lazy people, because anyone could do it--you didn't even need to know how to play your instrument, assuming you knew how to plug it in. There was really no difference between Sid Vicious and anyone in London who owned a bass.

Chuck Klosterman

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.

John Lennon

I was born in Amarillo. And my brother, who was a year older than I, had trouble saying the word 'Sister,' it came out 'Sid.' So I was called Sid.

Cyd Charisse

I was a massive Sid Vicious fanatic.

Hank Williams III

Sid Vicious is a thinking man's wrestler!

Larry Zbyszko

I'm like a Sid Vicious for a new generation.

Avril Lavigne

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.

Avril Lavigne

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.

Billy Idol

To me, Sid Vicious is cool. Super chill.

Tyler, The Creator

I am not steeped in all that angst. I'm never going to be Sid Vicious.

Paolo Nutini

That Sid Vicious was obviously a schizophrenic, kind of a mean one too.

Captain Beefheart

I like to think of myself as a combination of Sid Vicious and Virgil Thompson

Rufus Wainwright

I decided that I want to live the rest of my life happy with what I'm doing. So when I play tennis again, I have to play it for the right reason. I don't want to play to get my No. 1 ranking back. I don't want to play for the attention, or to earn more. I don't even want to play because the world wants to see me do it, even though it's nice to know that the world is interested. I only want to play because I love the game, which is the reason I began to play at age seven in the first place.