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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
Actor
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Johnny Rotten
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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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I have a sensible set of values that tell me to never lie.
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I like lime-flavoured yoghurt. The end. There is no religion. It’s a man-made fabrication. Once you understand that, you’ll be a happier individual. Atheism is as pointless as satanism.
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Punks in their silly leather jackets are a cliché. I have never liked the term and have never discussed it. I just got on with it and got out of it when it became a competition.
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I've never told anyone this. But I suffer from terrible stage fright. True. You can't tell though, can you? Unbelievable, the panic. I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. It'd make me vomit.
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I never take any commitment lightly, and I certainly don’t take my wife lightly. I never did and I never will. That’s permanent. That’s true love.
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Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense.
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Stroll into work at 10. Lunch from 12 till three. Leave work at five. That's living!
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Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed.
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I think there's something basically wrong with the general public that they do need their icons.
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Americans being upright and forthright and honest and true to themselves is a very hard concept.
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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!
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If the Royal Family was going to assassinate someone, they would have gotten rid of me a long time ago.
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There are no limits to where our brains can take us. We are, if there be a God, God's gracious creation.
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I never thought of Green Day as a punk band. Just bubblegum, really.
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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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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 love books, and all the best ones are people analysing their own emotions. You can learn from that.
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Move to Italy. I mean it: they know about living in debt they don't care. I stayed out there for five months while I was making a film called 'Order Of Death,' and they've really got it sussed. Nice cars. Sharp suits. Great food. Stroll into work at 10. Lunch from 12 till three. Leave work at five. That's living!
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Some song ideas absolutely require a kind of rigid discipline, and others require absolute chaotic abandon. The form is only valid if you know how to un-form it. I don't mean to sound like an intellectual here!
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