BRIAN JOHNSON

5 October 1947
English singer and songwriter Brian Johnson has been the lead singer of Australian rock band AC/DC since 1980. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.

Sketch: yafiz siddiqui

"People are famous for being
famous and for nothing else.
And good luck to them, because
it lasts about a year and then
they're nothing again.

When I was in school, I used to look out the window and see the big red double-deck buses driving by.
It just looked so free.

     Where I lived, it was a cold
mining place, a village
           called Dunston.
The only time you saw a
  Rolls-Royce was when
       somebody died.

I used to have the
Range Rover LR3,
which I loved very,
very much."