John Joseph Lydon (Johnny Rotten) Quotes

As a young concert-going person, I was never enamoured with celebrities who would walk out to feature in certain songs and then walk off.

John Joseph Lydon

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• As a young concert-going person, I was never enamoured with celebrities who would walk out to feature in certain songs and then walk off.

  

  John Joseph Lydon