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Music is a simulation of something, but language is the greatest thing we possess.

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
Greatest
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I could take on England, but I couldn't take on one heroin user.
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I don't understand the art of compromise, and it's a shame the politicians don't understand that as well, you know, we might have a better, clearer world. But then saying that, we might also get a lot of Donald Trump's running left right and centre.
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Meat isn't murder, it's delicious.
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I applaud the effort it takes to put a record together.
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Dummy Dum Dum was my nickname for years at school. I was the strange one of the family, the one who couldn't remember his name.
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Love is two minutes fifty-two seconds of squishing noises. It shows your mind isn't clicking right.
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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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I will always pay respect and homage to my early years, because that's what gave me the initial push to go on and do what it is I do. That's where I learned the love and respect for music.
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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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I love Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart because they're bringing irony back into American humor, which is a delicious treat. The entire Colbert persona of being extreme right-wing when he's not at all is highly amusing. He does it so well, but sometimes a little too well. My wife is convinced he's completely that way.
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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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I have a sensible set of values that tell me to never lie.
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I think national pride leads to nothing but wars and hate.
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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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Punks in their silly leather jackets are a cliché. I have never liked the term and have never discussed it. I just got on with it and got out of it when it became a competition.
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What I like or dislike in music is my internal affair. I never want an audience out there to be influenced because John said. I don't want to have to endure that kind of nonsense. I work for the art of the individual.
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If the Royal Family was going to assassinate someone, they would have gotten rid of me a long time ago.
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Stroll into work at 10. Lunch from 12 till three. Leave work at five. That's living!
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