John Joseph Lydon Quotes
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Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed.
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I have one major problem with the Internet: It's full of liars.
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There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it.
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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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Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative.
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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 been asked over the years to compile a list of desert-island discs. I couldn't do that. If I was trapped on a desert island, I don't think I'd want 10 songs to bring with me.
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I love pop music. It's not easy to write a good pop song.
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People think I hate the Royal Family, but that's not true.
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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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Replying to the question of the presenter: 'where did the name 'Sex Pistols' come from, who thought this name up?' Some animal. I can't remember. It doesn't matter. It's history.
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Love is 2 minutes and 52 seconds of squelching noises.
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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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Let's face it, I ain't ever gonna be the best singer in the world, or the best anything.
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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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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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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 find Lady Gaga hilarious. And I kind of like her. My heart's warmed to her.
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Some song ideas absolutely require a kind of rigid discipline, and others require absolute chaotic abandon. The form is only valid if you know how to un-form it. I don't mean to sound like an intellectual here!
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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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You have moments of grief in life, and if you can put pen to paper and capture that, that's something wonderful. I can revisit actual songs about past deaths, and I know that emotion is as true now as it was then.
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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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I've done no harm to no one. In fact, I think I've improved the world.
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I love conversation and the sharing of different thoughts and philosophies. That kind of stuff always makes me happy. I don't mind interviews, either - I like doing them.