John Joseph Lydon Quotes
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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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The record companies fell apart - quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop.
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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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Pop music I have always loved best.
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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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Occasionally, a re-enactment is a fine thing. I love Civil War re-enactments.
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I like crazy people, especially those who don't see the risk.
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I don't tolerate liars. When somebody lies to me, that's really, like, just unbearable.
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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 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 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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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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Me, as a human, I never want to take away another human being's choices or lifestyles or anything.
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I never wore a studded leather jacket, y'know. Ne-va!
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There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it.
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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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It's quite clear to me I'm not a sexist and I'm not a misogynist.
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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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I find Lady Gaga hilarious. And I kind of like her. My heart's warmed to her.
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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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I love being alive so much. When you come out of comas in your childhood, every moment awake is a joyous occasion.
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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.