John Joseph Lydon Quotes
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I never thought of Green Day as a punk band. Just bubblegum, really.
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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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Do what I want, be honest to myself and then it would do good for others, that's all, full on.
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Occasionally, a re-enactment is a fine thing. I love Civil War re-enactments.
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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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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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I don't tolerate liars. When somebody lies to me, that's really, like, just unbearable.
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The record companies fell apart - quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop.
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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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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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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 never wore a studded leather jacket, y'know. Ne-va!
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I like crazy people, especially those who don't see the risk.
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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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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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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'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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When you come from desperate poverty, and that's exactly what I come from, you know that nonsenses are not to be tolerated. I'm not sure who gains from chaos, but I know it's not the poor folks in the council flats. The politics of vindictiveness is never, ever anything like a solution.
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Pop music I have always loved best.
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Move to Italy. I mean it: they know about living in debt; they don't care. I stayed out there for five months while I was making a film called 'Order Of Death,' and they've really got it sussed. Nice cars. Sharp suits. Great food. Stroll into work at 10. Lunch from 12 till three. Leave work at five. That's living!
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There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it.
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Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense.
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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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I love being alive so much. When you come out of comas in your childhood, every moment awake is a joyous occasion.