John Joseph Lydon Quotes
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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'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.
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People should never allow themselves to be dictated to by media.
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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 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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I have one major problem with the Internet: It's full of liars.
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Obama's dense as a doorbell; not much going on up there - it's a wooden top.
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I don't like the monikers, and I don't like being pigeonholed. You know, I'm a human being.
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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.
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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 don't think there's any such thing as rock n' roll anymore - it's an amalgamation of business interests.
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Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative.
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Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed.
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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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If you give me the chance, I'll destroy America for you.
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I've helped launch 49 careers - those that have been in PiL. To me, they are my babies; whatever they get up to, they know I love them. They've been living in my pockets, and they should show more gratitude.
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If you were to look back at me as a school kid you'd see a very quiet little church mouse kind of character.
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I'm not great at dealing with death, I have to say. I find death very hard: my mum, my dad, Sid Vicious. I'm not a monster; I feel it and it scares me. One death at a time, please, is all my heart will bear.
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You can always wake up on the wrong side of the bed and, boo-hiss, everyone suffers. We can all be temperamental.
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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 love American ski resorts because they're open to everyone, are not incredibly expensive. They're not snobby and you can have fun all day long on the most excellent mountains.
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People don't like other poor people, and rather than blame the people that make you all poor, you blame each other.
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Look, if the Situationists achieved what they wanted, they would be very unhappy and they would have to be Situationists all over again. It's a never-ending process.
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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.