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A moustache to a man is the same as a fringe is to a woman. When you've got it, you want to grow it out; when you've grown it out, you want to cut it.

~Billy Childish

Topics: Cut Fringe Got Grow Grown Man Moustache Out Same Want Woman You

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We are not actually in charge of life, yet behave as if we are the masters of our own destiny. The realization of this fact is quite a hard one. The ridiculousness of our pomposity and presumption can only result in anger or humor.

~Billy Childish

Topics: Actually Anger Behave Charge Destiny Fact Hard Humor Life Masters Only Our Own Presumption Quite Realization Result

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I liked drawing and painting, because the only failure would be to listen to the doubters who wanted me to stop drawing and painting because 'you aren't going to make a living doing that.' I liked looking in art books at the work of painters.

~Billy Childish

Topics: Art Because Books Doing Drawing Failure Going Liked Listen Living Looking Make Me Only Painters Painting Stop Wanted Who Work Would You

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I've dubbed myself as an amateur, not because I work in different field, but because I do what I do for love.

~Billy Childish

Topics: Amateur Because Different Field Love Myself Work

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My favourite things are jokes, friendliness and feeling comfortable.

~Billy Childish

Topics: Comfortable Favourite Feeling Friendliness Jokes Things

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I make sure I make a painting - that's my job. And I cook the Sunday dinner.

~Billy Childish

Topics: Cook Dinner Job Make Painting Sunday Sure

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I'm not trying to achieve perfection. I don't like this forced control people have over work.

~Billy Childish

Topics: Achieve Control Forced Like Over People Perfection Trying Work

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I don't spend a lot of time working if I can help it.

~Billy Childish

Topics: Help Lot Spend Time Working I Can

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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.

~Billy Childish

Topics: Always Came Edge European Feel Here Like Liked Me Music New New York Play Play Music Surprise Towns York I Came

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I coined this term 'freedom thru limitation' back in the '90s because I was sick of art being treated like pop, because of this boring 'anything can be art' theory.

~Billy Childish

Topics: Anything Art Back Because Being Boring Freedom Like Limitation Pop Sick Term Theory Thru Treated

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Artist

Born: December 1st, 1959

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