Rozz Williams Professions : Vocalist Born : November 6, 1963 Died : April 1, 1998 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Rozz Williams But I don't think anybody with any self-respect would admit to being Goth Rozz Williams self-respect self thinking I think I began getting really influenced by that whole punk scene around the age of 13 or 14-I went through that whole thing like the shaved head. I was always interested in what people called "the darker side," whatever that was, and the kind of look that you would see in the old horror films. So I let that become more of my persona. Rozz Williams age people thinking I was always interested in music, I felt it was time to do it, coming out of the punk scene [1979]. I thought it was ideal that anyone could just put together a group and make it work. Then, of course, it became a little more detailed after starting it and realizing that it was something serious, not just a one-off situation. I had to put a lot more into it. Also I did it to get a lot of things out of my system, things that had been put there while I was growing up in my family. A sort of exorcizing of demons. Rozz Williams groups growing-up together Yes, actually I was pretty amazed by the amount of stuff my parents put up with while I was living in their house. They had experienced all that before with older brothers and sisters, so it was fairly strict. The fear-of-God thing was pretty set and I blindly followed it until I reached a certain age. Then I just began questioning my belief system. Rozz Williams parent brother house Similar Authors Brenda Lee vocalist Arnold McCuller vocalist Ari Up vocalist Andrew VanWyngarden vocalist Alton Ellis vocalist Bobby McFerrin vocalist All Authors