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Books are like my one and only joy.

John Lydon

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John Lydon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 31
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I'm a great self-doubter. I constantly need to prove myself to myself. I've never run to heroin or alcohol to hide that. I always have to deal with it. Stage fright is always going to be there. I have nightmares about bad gigs.
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When you grew up like me and my four brothers, you end up feeling somewhat inadequate, like somehow you don't count.
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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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Love is two minutes and fifty-two seconds of squishy sounds.
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I hate the technological rip-offs that pass for music formats these days, and go back to vinyl to hear a good record because the sound is always so much fuller. I don't even like listening to music in the car.
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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 dolphins are so intelligent, how come they ain't got Walkmans?
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I love boating - not flash, 'noisy go fast' nonsense, but the general relaxation of it. My wife and I love to get in our little Wellcraft and go as far out to sea as we can, hopefully beyond land. That is the best thing you can ever do. It clears your psyche.
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I'm not blowing my own trumpet here, but I made a rap song 20 years ago with Afrika Bambaataa.
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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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I'm not this callous clown walking around laughing at life all the time. I've had some serious, serious problems in my life. But I've come out with a smile.
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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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If you are pissing people off, you know you are doing something right
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Periods of inactivity, I don't know such things. I'm consistently writing. My life is busy. It always is. There are hardly any moments for self-indulgent laziness.
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I'm just permanently agitated by everything and everyone.
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It's nice to be irritated. It's a very joyous thing.
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Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?
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I applaud the effort it takes to put a record together.
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I love conversation and the sharing of different thoughts and philosophies. That kind of stuff always makes me happy. I don't mind interviews, either - I like doing them.
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