John Joseph Lydon (Johnny Rotten) Quotes

You don't write 'God Save The Queen' because you hate the English race, you write a song like that because you love them; and you're fed up with them being mistreated.

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• You don't write 'God Save The Queen' because you hate the English race, you write a song like that because you love them; and you're fed up with them being mistreated.

  

  John Joseph Lydon
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