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I think there's something basically wrong with the general public that they do need their icons.

John Lydon

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John Lydon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 31
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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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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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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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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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I've done no harm to no one. In fact, I think I've improved the world.
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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'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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Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?
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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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Meat isn't murder, it's delicious.
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You can always wake up on the wrong side of the bed and boo-hiss everyone suffers. We can all be temperamental.
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You have moments of grief in life, and if you can put pen to paper and capture that, that's something wonderful. I can revisit actual songs about past deaths, and I know that emotion is as true now as it was then.
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Oscar Wilde turned the world upside down and was able to laugh at it, and hopefully by the time I'm 120 and worn out, that's what I will achieve. I love being alive so much.
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I could never be a member of a single party. I want the best of all worlds, thank you.
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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 applaud the effort it takes to put a record together.
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For me people are people, without meaning to sound corny, it's a plain natural fact, music is a universal language and I've always known that and observed that and treated music with great respect accordingly.
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Gossip is a very dangerous tool. We should be more wary of the gossiper, and not the gossip they're trying to relay to you.
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When you talk like an asshole and look like an asshole, you're an asshole
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Don't accept the old order. Get rid of it.
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