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I never thought of Green Day as a punk band. Just bubblegum, really.

John Lydon

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John Lydon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 31
Actor
Guitarist
Lyricist
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Singer-Songwriter
Television Presenter
Holloway
London
Johnny Rotten
John Joseph Lydon
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My way of thinking as I approach any human being on this planet is, 'What are you doing now?' That's what interests me. I don't come at anybody with a whole bunch of assumptions.
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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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If the Royal Family was going to assassinate someone, they would have gotten rid of me a long time ago.
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I don't like walking in the street and seeing 30,000 copies of myself.
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Britain's an island it's always had a constant ebb and flow of immigration - it makes it a better place.
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People should never allow themselves to be dictated to by media.
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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'm not able to tell you what the best song is yet, because there's more to come. I feel that in me. I can still feel the burning energy and the desire to create and create and create.
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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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One of the most beautiful things about Britain, apart from the NHS and the free education, is the British Army.
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I will always pay respect and homage to my early years, because that's what gave me the initial push to go on and do what it is I do. That's where I learned the love and respect for music.
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I keep falling off the edge of the stage because I can't see it. I can't see my wrinkles in the mirror either, though.
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Music can describe emotions far more accurately than words ever can. As soon as I realised that, I knew music was where I wanted to be.
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I went to visit Alcatraz years ago when I was on tour with the Pistols, and I really liked the atmosphere of the place. I genuinely, really, thoroughly enjoyed the whole morning there. I just liked the quietness and stillness of what is basically a cruel prison complex. I still found some kind of joy in that. That's how I am.
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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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Americans being upright and forthright and honest and true to themselves is a very hard concept.
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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'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 books, and all the best ones are people analysing their own emotions. You can learn from that.
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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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