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Billy Childish is a British author, poet, and musician, born on December 1, 1959. His work spans poetry, novels, and memoirs, known for its unique style and profound personal perspective.

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“No one is responsible, nobody is to blame... Either all are guilty or none...”

Lack Of Responsibility Avoiding Responsibility Nobody Is Responsible

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“One thing that you can be sure of in this world, is that nobody's responsible. The starving millions? That's someone else's fault - let them eat cake! The H-bomb? They're blown to smithereens? - God must have dropped it! The chocolate vending machine's out of order? It doesn't belong to the publican or his wife, certainly not! Nobody is who it belongs to, and nobody deals with official complaints! It restocks itself, of its own accord, totally self-perpetuating! But somebody's pocketing the non-returnable two bob bits ; if you want to know their names you can go to the devil!”

Taking Responsibility Avoiding Responsibility Not My Problem Nobody S Fault

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“The confusion, that one so young - me it seems, because I remember - should be so damaged, that no one looked out for me or cared. And even now, I grin and mock myself out of fear. But I hold the truth aloft, a golden torch, sacred, because no one else dares to.”

Truth Child Abuse Truth Telling The Truth Child Abuse Survivor Emotional Neglect The Truth Will Set You Free Child Neglect

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“My childhood ended around the time of my ninth birthday, shamed into sex, obedience and fear.”

Fear Shame Obedience Child Abuse Sexual Abuse Child Sexual Abuse Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Abuse Survivor Child Abuse Survivor Bad Childhood

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“It is an artist's duty to be on the wrong end of the see-saw.”

Ends Artist Saws Duty

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“I gave up drinking lots of whiskey and began to practice yoga and meditation. As a result I am not dead.”

Results Practice Meditation Health Yoga Drinking Gave Up Whiskey

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“One of my biggest problems in life has been my inability to lie.”

Has Beens Problem Lying Inability Problems In Life

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“Artists who don't paint aren't artists.”

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“Before 1999, Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas offered to get me exhibitions, but joining the Stuckists put a kaibosh on all that - because I wasn't prepared to be controlled. I agreed to co-found the Stuckists to be allowed to say what I wanted, and I left the Stuckists because I didn't really want to be in them in the first place.”

Want Firsts Wanted Found Left Prepared Controlled Joining Exhibitions

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“I loved moustaches. I used to draw myself with one. When I was 14, I was really into war and Van Gogh.”

War Used Draws Vans Moustache

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“When I was better known than her, she put my name in that tent. I was asked to do Celebrity Big Brother, but why should I? We live in an age where fame is not related to what you do.”

Should Bigs Age Names Known Brother Fame Related Should I Tents

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“Bowie and McCartney arrived, and the biscuits and caviare started and I left immediately. I don't like shouting across rooms, with people in shiny suits who look like used-car salesmen.”

People Looks Used Left Rooms Car Suits Shouting Salesman Biscuits Bowie Used Car Car Salesman Used Car Salesman

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“We believe in a society in delusion, and if you're awake and not deluded people tell you you're mad. That's why I'm a freak and they're not. But I'm actually not.”

People Ifs Believe Mad Awake Delusion Freak Deluded

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“We had the same kind of unemployment here as they had in the worst hit places in the North and you're meant to be on a cushy wicket in the South. If you go up to Newcastle, you can tell that the town's really had money, or Liverpool, you know, the northern towns have got grandeur, whereas Medway, being just a sort of garrison town and dockyard town, you don't have anything like Earl Grey Square or anything like that.”

Ifs Knows Kind Worst Towns South Meant To Be Squares Unemployment Grey Grandeur Liverpool Newcastle

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“I did not like prizes at school. I didn't like tests or exams, or the 11+, or O-levels. Later I hated B.A.s and M.A.s. The reason I hated them is that I don't like being tested, failed or falsely praised by anyone.”

Reason School Levels Tests Hated Prize Tested Exam

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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.”

Men Want Grows Cutting Fringe Mustache Moustache

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“We are not actually in charge of life, yet we 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.”

Ifs Hard Facts Results Destiny Masters Realization Behave Presumption Pomposity

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“I like being on the margins. You work better there.”

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“Failure is fantastic, because you meet yourself and get to know your limitations. This is how I express myself, and I can't do it any other way.”

Knows Way I Can Fantastic Limitation

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

Ifs I Can Helping

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“I like feeling at home and knowing people. I like talking about ideas and being friendly.”

People Ideas Feelings Home Talking Knowing Friendly

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

Jobs Painting Dinner Cooks Sunday Sunday Dinner

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“I think that the mythology of Van Gogh's life, and the beauty of his paintings, is unstoppable.”

Thinking Painting Mythology Vans Unstoppable

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“I'm going to get a pair of wire-snips, and I've also started a new campaign to have blank CDs on jukeboxes so you can play the silence.”

Play Silence Campaigns Pairs Blank Wire Cds Jukebox

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

People Trying Achieve Perfection

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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.”

Different Fields

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“My favourite things are jokes, friendliness and feeling comfortable.”

Feelings Comfortable Jokes Favourite Friendliness Favourite Things

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“People could live very happily without the Turner Prize, but they could not live without real communication and emotion.”

People Real Emotion Communication Prize Turner

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“Being a fan of authentic Dada, I find today's art - what I call 'Bankers' Dada' - mind-numbingly dull. The most challenging work I've seen of late is by The British Art Resistance. Their document, 'A Call for Heroes in an Age of Cowards', is apt in these days of witless chancers.”

Mind Art Age Today Challenges Fans Hero Late British Resistance These Days Dull Coward Documents Bankers Challenging Work

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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.”

Art Term Theory Art Is Sick Boring Pops Treated Limitation

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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.”

Art Book Would Be Wanted Painting Drawing Painter Doubters Drawing And Painting

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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.”

Feels Play New York Towns Surprise Edges 80s

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“I've not been an admirer of contemporary music since punk rock went off the boil in 1977, but once a year I'll listen to 'Spiral Scratch' by the Buzzcocks, or 'Hippy Hippy Shake' by the Swinging Blue Jeans. Otherwise, I can put up with Chopin or shakuhachi flute in the background.”

Years I Can Rocks Blue Backgrounds Contemporary Shakes Punk Jeans Scratches Punk Rock Spirals Admirer Flutes Blue Jeans Contemporary Music

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Born: December 1, 1959
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