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Americans being upright and forthright and honest and true to themselves is a very hard concept.

John Lydon

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John Lydon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 31
Actor
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Johnny Rotten
John Joseph Lydon
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Punk became a circus didn't it? Everybody got it wrong. The message was supposed to be: Don't follow us, do what you want!
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When you talk like an asshole and look like an asshole, you're an asshole
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Move to Italy. I mean it: they know about living in debt they don't care. I stayed out there for five months while I was making a film called 'Order Of Death,' and they've really got it sussed. Nice cars. Sharp suits. Great food. Stroll into work at 10. Lunch from 12 till three. Leave work at five. That's living!
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Anyone who's parading under a $100,00-plus video is not free from corporate. That's just the MTV advertising agency. I find them all to be just a bit of a sham.
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I'm not going to pontificate and tell you to execute your government at dawn, but it wouldn't be a bad idea.
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I'm aware of my songs. I'm aware of them because they're about true emotions, true feelings, things that matter.
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Art should be life. It's an imitation of life. It should have some humanity in it.
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The sounds of anger are not melodic.
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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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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 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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Love is two minutes and fifty-two seconds of squishy sounds.
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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 think I have something valid to say. My words are my bullets. I like to brag that somehow I got it right.
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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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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 don't tolerate liars. When somebody lies to me, that's really, like, just unbearable.
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I'm no one's lap dog, you can't put me on a leash.
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