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If you have something to say then you want someone to pay attention or at least to have the opportunity for them to tell you to shut up and go away.

John Lydon

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John Lydon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 31
Actor
Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
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Holloway
London
Johnny Rotten
John Joseph Lydon
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I like lime-flavoured yoghurt. The end. There is no religion. It’s a man-made fabrication. Once you understand that, you’ll be a happier individual. Atheism is as pointless as satanism.
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Don't accept the old order. Get rid of it.
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I'm just permanently agitated by everything and everyone.
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Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense.
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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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As a human being, I'm work in process.
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Music is a simulation of something, but language is the greatest thing we possess.
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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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If the Royal Family was going to assassinate someone, they would have gotten rid of me a long time ago.
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It's nice to be irritated. It's a very joyous thing.
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I have values. But morals are Christian. There's no religion here. Values. Don't hurt when you don't need to, but don't let anybody step over that line - it's an invisible line, but it's respect for somebody's space.
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I think national pride leads to nothing but wars and hate.
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All the things that you would have thought would have made me a professional A1 criminal... wrong. I decided that was too lazy and easy, and because of the way British society is, quite frankly you were denied an education, so I got one of my own.
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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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Love is two minutes fifty-two seconds of squishing noises. It shows your mind isn't clicking right.
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