John Joseph Lydon Quotes
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I have one major problem with the internet: It's full of liars. There doesn't seem to be any way to answer to people lying about you.
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I love discordancy. It makes people ill at ease and wakes up a part of their brain that's normally asleep.
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The record companies fell apart - quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop.
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I never wore a studded leather jacket, y'know. Ne-va!
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Occasionally, a re-enactment is a fine thing. I love Civil War re-enactments.
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Situationism is a ludicrous proposition. It's ill-formed and it's perfectly French. That Gallic disposition towards common sense. L'Anarchie!
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I keep falling off the edge of the stage because I can't see it. I can't see my wrinkles in the mirror either, though.
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When you grew up like me and my four brothers, you end up feeling somewhat inadequate, like somehow you don't count.
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I find Lady Gaga hilarious. And I kind of like her. My heart's warmed to her.
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Dummy Dum Dum was my nickname for years at school. I was the strange one of the family, the one who couldn't remember his name.
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I cannot comprehend fundamentalism. It's fundamentally wrong.
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I've had great pleasure meeting the likes of Newt Gingrich and having a chat with the fellow on a staircase. I found him completely dishonest and totally likeable, because he doesn't care! He knows what a politician is, and he's a perfect embodiment of one.
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Pop music I have always loved best.
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Me, as a human, I never want to take away another human being's choices or lifestyles or anything.
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The real color of my hair is mouse. I always want to be ginger, which I was when I was born, or blond, because I live in L.A., and I want to look like I go surfing without any physical effort.
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I've always said, I thought the Sex Pistols was more Music Hall than anything else - because I think that really, more truths are said in humour than any other form.
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I always knew the Sixties wasn't a revolution. It really was just a bunch of university students with wealthy parents having fun.
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I like crazy people, especially those who don't see the risk.
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There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it.
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I love Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart because they're bringing irony back into American humor, which is a delicious treat. The entire Colbert persona of being extreme right-wing when he's not at all is highly amusing. He does it so well, but sometimes a little too well. My wife is convinced he's completely that way.
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The only good political movement I've seen lately was Occupy Wall Street. They had no leaders, which was genius. But unfortunately it always ends up with some hippy playing a flute.
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It's quite clear to me I'm not a sexist and I'm not a misogynist.
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'Lollipop Opera' is the backdrop to Finsbury Park. A place that is very thriving, interracial and lot of music stores, Greek, Turkish, all sorts of immigrant music. It's utter Englishness. It blends the Jamaicans, the Irish. It's like what Jim Reeves did with American country music.
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Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense.