John Joseph Lydon (Johnny Rotten) Quotes
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If someone is sad, they put on a song, or if someone wants to rock out, and they want to get into a good mood, they put on music. Just being able to be a part of something like that I feel like was my ultimate push to do music.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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Apparently nobody really read it, it was a cheap movie, it fit their schedule in terms of things so fine, let the guy make that high school comedy. I used to work with Mel Brooks so they figured oh it's going to be one of those really silly movies and that's how it got made.
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Part of being a top-20 firm is mind-share.
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I'm a vegetarian and very much active in regards to how I feel about animal rights and protecting animals and giving animals a voice. But at the same time, I appreciate and respect other people's decisions to eat meat. The only thing that I hope is that people are educated, that they're aware, that they're living a conscious lifestyle.
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It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again.
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There's a group of people - maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them - who have morphed this idea, that you have to accept my values being every bit as cherished as your values. That's not tolerance... There are too many things in this world which we sit back and tolerate.
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I was getting a little bored with my hair. It's kind of a symbolic thing, just getting rid of the past, moving forward. It's amazing what a reaction you get when you cut your hair.
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I get notes posted on my windscreen wipers and through my letterbox.
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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
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When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that.
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I can tell you that when you're willing to give your life up to see a dream through, the reward is great.
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'Vogue' is a very specific world. You are 'Vogue,' or not 'Vogue.'
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I've learned that universal acceptance and appreciation is just an unrealistic goal.
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Those who have the power and should be the most responsible are often the least responsible.
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Money is not important to me. What makes me feel successful is making the people I love happy.
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My accent is... sort of an Edinburgh sort of soft southwest Scottish accent. It could almost be English.
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I'm interested in taking raw human emotions and then isolating them without any narrative structure. In order to achieve this, I try to break out of the narrative conventions that you'd see in a typical feature film.
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I don't normally take to Yorkshiremen.
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I admire Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly a lot because I think they're standup guys.
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There's a melody in everything. And once you find the melody, then you connect immediately with the heart. Because sometimes English or Spanish, Swahili or any language gets in the way. But nothing penetrates the heart faster than the melody.
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Friends, genuine friends, have much more to do with whether we have a warm heart, not money or power.
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I find Lady Gaga hilarious. And I kind of like her. My heart's warmed to her.
