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I've never said I'm a communist.

John Lydon

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John Lydon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 31
Actor
Guitarist
Lyricist
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Television Presenter
Holloway
London
Johnny Rotten
John Joseph Lydon
Communist
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When you grew up like me and my four brothers, you end up feeling somewhat inadequate, like somehow you don't count.
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Music is escapism from the grim realities of life. But then as soon as you escape into the music, from my point of view, I found I had to deal with the very things that I thought I was running away from. I wanted to hit those problems on the head and resolve them. So they didn't remain as issues in my psyche.
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I don't listen to music. I hate music.
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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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For me, the anarchy movement is hilarious. It's all under .org, which is of course government sponsored websites, and then they're all wearing corporate clothing from the Dr.Martin's to the back sacks and the cell phones, they're all flying around on corporate jets and using corporate highways. Very anarchistic!
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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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The way the music industry is now geared, it's fewer accolades towards new and upcoming acts. New bands offer bright creativity. It's a set format. A venue would rather hire a DJ than a band, and that's a problem.
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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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I never take any commitment lightly, and I certainly don’t take my wife lightly. I never did and I never will. That’s permanent. That’s true love.
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I don't release records to be anything but enjoyable.
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I'm not this callous clown walking around laughing at life all the time. I've had some serious, serious problems in my life. But I've come out with a smile.
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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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As a human being, I'm work in process.
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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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The record companies fell apart - quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop.
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There are no limits to where our brains can take us. We are, if there be a God, God's gracious creation.
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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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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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The sounds of anger are not melodic.
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The day I run out of ideas is the day I stop making records.
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