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There are some Rolling Stones songs that are just stunners.

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John Lydon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 31
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For a gun-toting nation, Americans are surprisingly passive.
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You'll find that empty vessels make the most sound.
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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.
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Music is a simulation of something, but language is the greatest thing we possess.
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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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Americans being upright and forthright and honest and true to themselves is a very hard concept.
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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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It's an absurdity to just wish for a world of chaos without anything viable in its place. I'm loyal to my culture, my creed, the human race and my people and I don't want to see them all end up in a Mad Max movie.
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I'm a great self-doubter. I constantly need to prove myself to myself. I've never run to heroin or alcohol to hide that. I always have to deal with it. Stage fright is always going to be there. I have nightmares about bad gigs.
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I've done no harm to no one. In fact, I think I've improved the world.
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For me, I'll always stand up for the disenfranchised, and I'm going to make a big point of that. I'm not a protest singer as such, you know? After the endurance course of the early 70s and 60s, I don't want to become one of them twats. But you got to learn to speak the truth.
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If anyone asks for your autograph they're showing you respect and give it back to them.
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It's nice to be a part of history but people should get it right. I may not be perfect, but I'm bloody close.
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Words cannot express quite a lot of feelings, whereas a noise or tone or drone or sound, an accordion falling down a staircase, can somehow capture an emotion much better.
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Love is what you feel for a dog or a pussycat. It doesn't apply to humans.
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I hate the technological rip-offs that pass for music formats these days, and go back to vinyl to hear a good record because the sound is always so much fuller. I don't even like listening to music in the car.
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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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I applaud the effort it takes to put a record together.
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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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I like crazy people, especially those who don't see the risk.
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