Sid Vicious
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Sid Vicious (May 10, 1957 - February 2, 1979), born Simon John Ritchie-Beverly, was an English punk-rock musician who was bass player for the Sex Pistols.
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- I'm not vicious really. I consider myself kind-hearted. I love my mum.
- Daily Mirror, June 11, 1977, as reported in Fred Vermorel, Judy Vermorel, Sex Pistols: The Inside Story (1987), p. 169.
- I'll probably die by the time I reach 25. But I'll have lived the way I wanted to.
- Daily Mirror, June 11, 1977, as reported in Fred Vermorel, Judy Vermorel, Sex Pistols: The Inside Story (1987), p. 169.
- Well, you know, like, I don't really give a fuck what the general public think.
- Reported in Julien Temple, The Filth and the Fury: The Sex Pistols (2000), p. 104.
- American audiences are just the same as anybody else. Except a bit more boring.
- Reported in Julien Temple, The Filth and the Fury: The Sex Pistols (2000), p. 207.
- The band broke up because I couldn't bear Rotten anymore because he was an embarrassment with his silly hats and his, like, shabby, dirty, nasty looking appearance.
- On leaving the Sex Pistols; reported in Julien Temple, The Filth and the Fury: The Sex Pistols (2000), p. 207.
- You just pick up a chord, go twang, and you've got music.
- Reported in Jon Savage, England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond (2001), p. 220.
- We had a death pact. I have to keep my half of the bargain. Please bury me next to my baby in my leather jacket, jeans and motor cycle boots. Goodbye.
- Reported in George Gimarc, Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970-1982 (2005), p 183.
- All I did was cash in on the fact that I'm good-looking and I have a good figure and girls like me.
- Reported in Stephen Colegrave, Chris Sullivan, Punk: The Definitive Record of a Revolution (2005), p. 306.
- I'm not chic, I could never be chic. I was in it from its inception.
- Reported in Stephen Colegrave, Chris Sullivan, Punk: The Definitive Record of a Revolution (2005), p. 306.
