John Joseph Lydon (Johnny Rotten) Quotes
I'd rather give up my ears than my eyes, which might sound unusual for a musician.
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I'm a very good thinker, but I sometimes grab the wrong word. I say something I didn't think through adequately. I mean, I don't type my speeches, then sit up there and read them off the teleprompter, you know. I wing it.
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I never really fit in growing up. I got made fun of a lot of the time in high school. People never liked me, and I was always the new kid.
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I'm not a good rapper. For whatever reason, my brain does not work that way. I just do the beginning, like, 'Yeah, yeah! Ha ha! Woo! What up? Come on! Get at me!' I'm Captain Hook.
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I believe in eating what I like and sweating it out in the gym.
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I'd just like to be good at sports. I'm extremely competitive with absolutely nothing to back it up.
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Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that's written about you. Two, don't pick up too many checks.
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I'm not a stand up at all, it's such a fear of mine. My sister does it, and she's really great at it.
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A lot of people forget how important it is to be creative. We get caught up in getting ahead and in day-to-day minutiae. But creativity is a fundamental mode of expression, as is being tenacious and standing by your own convictions and passions, even if it's not the 'popular' choice.
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I don't have any hobbies. You know, I'm very embarrassed when people ask me what are my hobbies; I don't have any hobbies. I mean, it's just enough to keep up with the things I'm trying to solve.
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My unusual beauty tip is that I often use Vaseline to take my make up off. It works great and is good for sensitive skin.
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I like to get physical on defense. I like to get up on a guy as much as possible. I actually need to calm down, though.
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I definitely feel like kids do look up to me as a potential role model. It's an honor, but it can also be a burden. I may be on TV, but I'm also a teenager. I don't get it right every time. But I always do my absolute best to stay above board in every way. My fans inspire me to be a better person.
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I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved.
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I want to get so famous that I don't have to wake up in the morning. It'll probably never happen.
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The first album I started out, I just did everything completely alone. I think it has to do with confidence. The more confidence you develop in your own sound, the more you can open up and alchemize that with other people, just set it free, and not feel challenged by that.
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Doing the sword fighting is like picking up a dance routine... I think dancing really helps with the picking up of it.
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I grew up sailing in the North Sea.
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Do not look down upon any Muslim, for even the most inferior believer is great in the eyes of God.
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I always wanted to be an actress, but my parents were adamant that I complete my studies first before I take up acting.
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Like most women, I always dreamed of becoming a mother.
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'Cause sometimes you feel tired, feel weak, and when you feel weak, you feel like you wanna just give up. But you gotta search within you, you gotta find that inner strength and just pull that shit out of you and get that motivation to not give up and not be a quitter, no matter how bad you wanna just fall flat on your face and collapse.
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He who gives himself entirely to his fellow-men appears to them useless and selfish; but he who gives himself partially to them is pronounced a benefactor and philanthropist.
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Well, usually when I finish one character, I'm looking for a role that's really different.
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I'd rather give up my ears than my eyes, which might sound unusual for a musician.
