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I applaud the effort it takes to put a record together.

John Lydon

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John Lydon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 31
Actor
Guitarist
Lyricist
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Singer-Songwriter
Television Presenter
Holloway
London
Johnny Rotten
John Joseph Lydon
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It's an absurdity to just wish for a world of chaos without anything viable in its place. I'm loyal to my culture, my creed, the human race and my people and I don't want to see them all end up in a Mad Max movie.
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For a gun-toting nation, Americans are surprisingly passive.
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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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Meat isn't murder, it's delicious.
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I don't listen to music. I hate music.
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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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If you can sort out why you feel the way you do then you might be in better shape to meet your maker.
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If I'm left to my own devices, I will be tempted to make the most unlistenable music possible.
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I don't like walking in the street and seeing 30,000 copies of myself.
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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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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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Only the fakes survive.
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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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Just because people think politically different to you doesn't mean they're inhuman.
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I think I have something valid to say. My words are my bullets. I like to brag that somehow I got it right.
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I always find the mirror in the dressing room is where the best artists are.
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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 think national pride leads to nothing but wars and hate.
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As a young concert-going person, I was never enamoured with celebrities who would walk out to feature in certain songs and then walk off.
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