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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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Don't accept the old order. Get rid of it.
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I love discordancy. It makes people ill at ease and wakes up a part of their brain that's normally asleep.
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'Lollipop Opera' is the backdrop to Finsbury Park. A place that is very thriving, interracial and lot of music stores, Greek, Turkish, all sorts of immigrant music. It's utter Englishness. It blends the Jamaicans, the Irish. It's like what Jim Reeves did with American country music.
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I applaud the effort it takes to put a record together.
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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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Art should be life. It's an imitation of life. It should have some humanity in it.
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Books are like my one and only joy.
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I like America's diversity and its landscapes.
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Only the fakes survive.
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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 think national pride leads to nothing but wars and hate.
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I have no time for lies and fantasy, and neither should you. Enjoy or die.
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It seems like the more I punish myself, the better it's been. What it is, I'm relentless and I never give up. I never take the easy way out.
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These days young kids don't have any place to form an epic adventure. It's more often in front of the TV screen or a laptop. That's very hard on them. They're being taught daily unsocial skills. Facebook is an unsocial skill. It's so sad.
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Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense.
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I always find the mirror in the dressing room is where the best artists are.
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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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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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