Billy Idol
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I know, but it's... He said Bob Dylan was getting away with...
doing that and people were taking him.
So he said, I'm going to do it.
I want to confuse the critics as well.
I want to confuse the fans to make them, what do you make of this?
So he said to his mate Pete Shotton or something, let's write the most ridiculous song.
And then he remembered that
nursery rhyme that they learned at school, the dead dog's eye nursery rhyme.
But then also the ambulance, the ambulance or the police in those days.
I am here as you are here.
Because I think he heard a...
No, no, no, yeah.
All you need is love, is a bit.
It's amazing people have got...
that you can get more songs out of.
As you say, there's only a few notes.
You add some sharps and flats, but really there's only a few notes.
It's the inflection you put on the notes that makes the tune of the song.
So it's your personality working the note.
What is your process?