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The day I run out of ideas is the day I stop making records.
John Lydon
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John Lydon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 31
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Holloway
London
Johnny Rotten
John Joseph Lydon
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Love is what you feel for a dog or a pussycat. It doesn't apply to humans.
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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 love books, and all the best ones are people analysing their own emotions. You can learn from that.
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I somehow hope - naïve though I may be, utopian, possibly - that my music has some kind of calming effect on the universe, that it's somehow beneficial to people.
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I don't tolerate liars. When somebody lies to me, that's really, like, just unbearable.
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Books are like my one and only joy.
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Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense.
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My way of thinking as I approach any human being on this planet is, 'What are you doing now?' That's what interests me. I don't come at anybody with a whole bunch of assumptions.
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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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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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It's volatile, the marriage. Which one isn't? Nothing better than a good, full-on row. Get it all out. Say rude and nasty things. And then be sorry. Genuinely sorry, afterwards.
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It's nice to be irritated. It's a very joyous thing.
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As a human being, I'm work in process.
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If you give me the chance, I'll destroy America for you.
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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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Pop music I have always loved best. But the more extreme, fascist-led examples of the music business I tend to detest the most.
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If you have something to say then you want someone to pay attention or at least to have the opportunity for them to tell you to shut up and go away.
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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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Music is a simulation of something, but language is the greatest thing we possess.
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It's no good being nice and young and naive. There's no good in that at all. You've got to do it all yourself, and you've gotta learn quick. And you can't look for sympathy either.
John Lydon
