John Joseph Lydon Quotes
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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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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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You gotta bear in mind, the youth - and this is just in Britain alone - have nowhere to go in the evenings. They've closed all the social centers. There's not even a patch of grass to kick a ball on.
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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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I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig.
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I hate death; it takes people away from you. You're left feeling rudderless.
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There are some Rolling Stones songs that are just stunners.
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Just because people think politically different to you doesn't mean they're inhuman.
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I'm no one's lap dog, you can't put me on a leash.
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Do not stand in the middle, go to the right or to the left.
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Analog, electronic, whatever it happens to be, I simply love and adore literally every aspect of making music.
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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 think national pride leads to nothing but wars and hate.
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Over the years, during television interviews, whenever the host or the reviewer or whoever gets cynical and nasty with me, I will behave accordingly. I will defend myself.
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Every single lyric I've ever written I meant.
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I'm in England so often I haven't really left, but Americans aren't at all like they're misrepresented through their politicians.
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If you give me the chance, I'll destroy America for you.
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For a gun-toting nation, Americans are surprisingly passive.
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I don't release records to be anything but enjoyable.
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Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence.
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When I first heard it, I thought that's extremely challenging, the vocal - it was almost hysterical, and it was so up there, the register, but it was absolutely fascinating. And I know at the time a lot of my friends couldn't bear it, they thought it was just 'too much' - but that's exactly what drew me in.
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The joy of life is in the work.
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There's no harm in me. Really, I'm just a big kid.
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It's a repressive society where you can't be horrible, I'm not horrible, they made me horrible, I'm just honest.