A Quote by Rufus Wainwright

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

Rufus Wainwright

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Rufus Wainwright
Canadian - Musician
Born: July 22, 1973

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'm like a Sid Vicious for a new generation.

Avril Lavigne

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

I'm really into, like, characters - music characters like Sid Vicious and Kurt Cobain - just, like, how they are and stuff. Like Lil Wayne.

Yung Lean

I was a massive Sid Vicious fanatic.

Hank Williams III

Sid Vicious is a thinking man's wrestler!

Larry Zbyszko

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

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

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

Growing up, my mates and I would have rather been Sid Vicious or members of the Royal Family.