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I'm not blowing my own trumpet here, but I made a rap song 20 years ago with Afrika Bambaataa.
John Lydon
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John Lydon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 31
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John Joseph Lydon
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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 love discordancy. It makes people ill at ease and wakes up a part of their brain that's normally asleep.
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