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U2 - that's a band that never should have existed. There's no life experience in any of their songs.

John Lydon

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John Lydon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 31
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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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'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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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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I'm very open about my politics. I don't believe in any political party at all, none of them.
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All the things that you would have thought would have made me a professional A1 criminal... wrong. I decided that was too lazy and easy, and because of the way British society is, quite frankly you were denied an education, so I got one of my own.
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It's nice to be a part of history but people should get it right. I may not be perfect, but I'm bloody close.
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I find Lady Gaga hilarious. And I kind of like her. My heart's warmed to her.
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Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed.
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For a gun-toting nation, Americans are surprisingly passive.
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The country you're born in is where your passport comes from. No, not according to Donald Trump! No, not at all. I resent that kind of extremism of any kind. Left wing, right wing. Anyway at all. Anything that judges other people so harshly and across the board stupidity-wise. I got no time for that.
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For me, the best rock is not what you play - it's what you're not playing.
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I think national pride leads to nothing but wars and hate.
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I don't need a Rolls-Royce, I don't need a house in the country, I don't need to live in the south of France. I'm quite happy as I am.
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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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I don't tolerate liars. When somebody lies to me, that's really, like, just unbearable.
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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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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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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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One of the most beautiful things about Britain, apart from the NHS and the free education, is the British Army.
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If you are pissing people off, you know you are doing something right
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