John Joseph Lydon Quotes
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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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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 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 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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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 think I have something valid to say. My words are my bullets. I like to brag that somehow I got it right.
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There's no harm in me. Really, I'm just a big kid.
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Occasionally, a re-enactment is a fine thing. I love Civil War re-enactments.
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I never thought of Green Day as a punk band. Just bubblegum, really.
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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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Pop music I have always loved best.
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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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I've never told anyone this. But I suffer from terrible stage fright. True. You can't tell though, can you? Unbelievable, the panic. I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. It'd make me vomit.
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Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense.
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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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If my leg falls off, I'll get a prosthetic. There'd be no deep sadness about. I'd just get on with it! It's called life, and I love life. You have to be positive, and you have to crack on no matter what.
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I don't tolerate liars. When somebody lies to me, that's really, like, just unbearable.
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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 have a sensible set of values that tell me to never lie.
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I hate death; it takes people away from you. You're left feeling rudderless.
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I'm not this callous clown walking around laughing at life all the time. I've had some serious, serious problems in my life. But I've come out with a smile.
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I hate the technological rip-offs that pass for music formats these days, and go back to vinyl to hear a good record because the sound is always so much fuller. I don't even like listening to music in the car.
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I've done no harm to no one. In fact, I think I've improved the world.