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Punk became a circus didn't it? Everybody got it wrong. The message was supposed to be: Don't follow us, do what you want!

John Lydon

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John Lydon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 31
Actor
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Singer-Songwriter
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Johnny Rotten
John Joseph Lydon
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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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I hate death it takes people away from you. You're left feeling rudderless.
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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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Only the fakes survive.
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