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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.

John Lydon

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John Lydon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 31
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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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Maybe I'm a prehistoric monster by being an individual. It's highly likely. All I offer to others is their own individuality. Grab it!
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This is a very difficult thing to remain independent and persistent.
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The sounds of anger are not melodic.
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I don't believe in anarchy, because it will ultimately amount to the power of the bully, with weapons. Gandhi is my life's inspiration: passive resistance. I don't want to live in the Thunderdome with Mad Max.
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If dolphins are so intelligent, how come they ain't got Walkmans?
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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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Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed.
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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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U2 - that's a band that never should have existed. There's no life experience in any of their songs.
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I have no time for lies and fantasy, and neither should you. Enjoy or die.
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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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Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense.
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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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For me, the best rock is not what you play - it's what you're not playing.
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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 never wore a studded leather jacket, y'know. Ne-va! If I had had the money I wouldn't have spent it on shit like that.
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