
"Mum, I don't know what people see in sex. I don't get
anything out of it." - After his first few one night stands at 16
"I don’t talk to John Rotten. I was so glad when that band
broke up just to tell him what I really thought of him." - After the break
up of Sex Pistols.
(Sid with Johnny Rotten)
A PHONE CONVERSATION WITH SID VICIOUS (from www.sex-pistols.net/)
Interview by ROBERTA BAYLEY (part of)
On January 20, Sid Vicious boarded a plane for London via New
York. He passed out en route, an apparent drug overdose, and was taken
unconscious to Jamaica Hospital in Queens, New York.
Sid: Hello.
Roberta: Hello, Sid?
Sid: Hello.
Roberta: Sid?
Sid: Yeah?
Roberta: This is Roberta.
Sid: Oh yeah, I remember. will you come visit me in Hospital?
Roberta: I would but it’s snowing.
Sid: Oh.
Roberta: I don’t have a car and you can’t go on the trains.
Sid: I’m lonely.
Roberta: We’re gonna come tomorrow. Do you think you’ll still be
in tomorrow?
Sid: I’m supposed to be going back to London tomorrow.
Roberta: How are you feeling?
Sid: Weak.
Roberta: Nobody’s been up to see you or anything?
Sid: No.
Roberta: It’s so miserable outside. I guess you can see it on
television.
Sid: Yeah, I’m just sitting here on my own
