John Joseph Lydon Quotes
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I love America. I love Americans.
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People should never allow themselves to be dictated to by media.
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I love a bit of flag-waving.
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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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Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed.
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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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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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If you give me the chance, I'll destroy America for you.
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I have one major problem with the Internet: It's full of liars.
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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'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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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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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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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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Obama's dense as a doorbell; not much going on up there - it's a wooden top.
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I'd rather give up my ears than my eyes, which might sound unusual for a musician.
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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'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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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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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 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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Here's how I understand music. If you can play the same bunch of noise twice, it's music. To go beyond that is supercilious and pontificating.
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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!