John Joseph Lydon Quotes
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I love America. I love Americans.
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If you ever want to know why I'm not on a record label, look at 'The X Factor!' Honestly, of all the people that strive to break barriers in music and do good things and write great lyrics, not one of them would ever pass the first round on any of these competitions.
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Listen, you know this: If there's not a rebellious youth culture, there's no culture at all. It's absolutely essential. It is the future. This is what we're supposed to do as a species, is advance ideas.
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I never take any commitment lightly, and I certainly don't take my wife lightly. I never did and I never will. That's permanent. That's true love.
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There's many, many ways to write a song. But generally, sitting down at a table and writing is not one of them.
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If you can sort out why you feel the way you do then you might be in better shape to meet your maker.
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Words cannot express quite a lot of feelings, whereas a noise or tone or drone or sound, an accordion falling down a staircase, can somehow capture an emotion much better.
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Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative.
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Love is 2 minutes and 52 seconds of squelching noises.
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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 could never be a member of a single party. I want the best of all worlds, thank you.
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My favourite album by her is The Dreaming, and I think she produced that one herself. That got a lot of criticism - but I loved it. It was overloaded with textures, and tones and all manner of things. It’s a record that I still can play to this day, and still hear new things.
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Pop music I have always loved best.
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Gossip is a very dangerous tool. We should be more wary of the gossiper, and not the gossip they're trying to relay to you.
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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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Any new ideas go into PiL. My inspiration is everything that the human being gets up to. I don't listen to any music when I'm in PiL-zone, because influences can poison your well. Otherwise, I listen to anything.
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I was a very sickly boy when I was young; nearly died when I was 7. I had a life-threatening attack of meningitis, and that put me in a coma for a few months. It took me four years to get my memory back.
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I went to visit Alcatraz years ago when I was on tour with the Pistols, and I really liked the atmosphere of the place. I genuinely, really, thoroughly enjoyed the whole morning there. I just liked the quietness and stillness of what is basically a cruel prison complex. I still found some kind of joy in that. That's how I am.
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I've done no harm to no one. In fact, I think I've improved the world.
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I've never said I'm a communist.
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You'd have to be daft as a brush to say you didn't like Pink Floyd.
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If you have something to say then you want someone to pay attention or at least to have the opportunity for them to tell you to shut up and go away.
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Let's face it, I ain't ever gonna be the best singer in the world, or the best anything.
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I've created several musical trends, really. That's not because I'm so far out and fabulous. It's because most bands have no ideas of their own. They're so desperate they'll grab at any old straw.