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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
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Holloway
London
Johnny Rotten
John Joseph Lydon
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I'm not able to tell you what the best song is yet, because there's more to come. I feel that in me. I can still feel the burning energy and the desire to create and create and create.
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This is a very difficult thing to remain independent and persistent.
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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'm just permanently agitated by everything and everyone.
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If you give me the chance, I'll destroy America for you.
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If you are pissing people off, you know you are doing something right
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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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I always find the mirror in the dressing room is where the best artists are.
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Here's how I understand music. If you can play the same bunch of noise twice, it's music. To go beyond that is supercilious and pontificating.
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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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You know, I've been to some superstars' houses, and I've been really disgusted when I see their platinum discs hanging in the toilet. They're just there on the walls glaring at you when you're trying to be occupied with other things.
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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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For a gun-toting nation, Americans are surprisingly passive.
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I keep falling off the edge of the stage because I can't see it. I can't see my wrinkles in the mirror either, though.
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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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The greatest achievement of my life is enduring a disease that nearly killed me. I came out of it a better person. It's my one great accomplishment - more so than anything else I've done.
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