I’ve talked about my early years, living on a council estate, the projects. We weren’t poor, but the first time I tasted meat was when I bit my tongue. Luck always plays a part in life; good judgment comes with experience. Religion comes and goes, depending on age or thinking about what comes next.
I’m a lucky lad. I’ve never believed in God as such, but if there has to be one, then let it be the one who looked after me. He’s cool. I’m sure he can’t be the same one that people pray to in war; he surely can’t be the one who tells people to kill anyone or anything in their way; and he can’t be the one that some mad-eyed Southern preacher says keeps talking to him. Mine’s just mine, inside my car with me.
Ah! I get it. So that’s what that fella Jesus was talking about.
About the Author
BRIAN JOHNSON was born in Dunstan in Gateshead, England. After working various jobs in Tyneside and fronting local band Geordie, he joined AC/DC in 1980. He lives in Sarasota, Florida, and Rockers and Rollers is his first book.
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Cover photographs: Brian Johnson © by Chris Terry; car © by Jason Furnari
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A version of this book was published in 2009 in the U.K. by Michael Joseph, an imprint of the Penguin Group, Penguin Books Ltd.
ROCKERS AND ROLLERS. Copyright © 2011 by Brian Johnson.
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