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Do not stand in the middle, go to the right or to the left.

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John Lydon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 31
Actor
Guitarist
Lyricist
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Singer-Songwriter
Television Presenter
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London
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The country you're born in is where your passport comes from. No, not according to Donald Trump! No, not at all. I resent that kind of extremism of any kind. Left wing, right wing. Anyway at all. Anything that judges other people so harshly and across the board stupidity-wise. I got no time for that.
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Music is escapism from the grim realities of life. But then as soon as you escape into the music, from my point of view, I found I had to deal with the very things that I thought I was running away from. I wanted to hit those problems on the head and resolve them. So they didn't remain as issues in my psyche.
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I never wore a studded leather jacket, y'know. Ne-va! If I had had the money I wouldn't have spent it on shit like that.
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It's nice to be irritated. It's a very joyous thing.
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Maybe I'm a prehistoric monster by being an individual. It's highly likely. All I offer to others is their own individuality. Grab it!
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I'm no one's lap dog, you can't put me on a leash.
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Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?
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I come from the school of do it yourself mate. Unfortunately over the years there's been quite a few of, Can you do it for us Johnny, so we can grab all your glory?.
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As a young concert-going person, I was never enamoured with celebrities who would walk out to feature in certain songs and then walk off.
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It's volatile, the marriage. Which one isn't? Nothing better than a good, full-on row. Get it all out. Say rude and nasty things. And then be sorry. Genuinely sorry, afterwards.
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I think there's something basically wrong with the general public that they do need their icons.
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I have a sensible set of values that tell me to never lie.
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Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense.
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What I like or dislike in music is my internal affair. I never want an audience out there to be influenced because John said. I don't want to have to endure that kind of nonsense. I work for the art of the individual.
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If dolphins are so intelligent, how come they ain't got Walkmans?
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Periods of inactivity, I don't know such things. I'm consistently writing. My life is busy. It always is. There are hardly any moments for self-indulgent laziness.
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The day I run out of ideas is the day I stop making records.
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You should never, ever be understood completely. That's like the kiss of death, isn't it? It's a full stop. I don't ever think you should put full stops on thoughts. They change.
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I've never said I'm a communist.
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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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