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Anyone who's parading under a $100,00-plus video is not free from corporate. That's just the MTV advertising agency. I find them all to be just a bit of a sham.

John Lydon

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John Lydon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 31
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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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For me, the best rock is not what you play - it's what you're not playing.
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These days young kids don't have any place to form an epic adventure. It's more often in front of the TV screen or a laptop. That's very hard on them. They're being taught daily unsocial skills. Facebook is an unsocial skill. It's so sad.
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If you are pissing people off, you know you are doing something right
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Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed.
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I've done no harm to no one. In fact, I think I've improved the world.
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I'm very open about my politics. I don't believe in any political party at all, none of them.
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Love is two minutes fifty-two seconds of squishing noises. It shows your mind isn't clicking right.
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I'm aware of my songs. I'm aware of them because they're about true emotions, true feelings, things that matter.
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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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I find Lady Gaga hilarious. And I kind of like her. My heart's warmed to her.
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I went to visit Alcatraz years ago when I was on tour with the Pistols, and I really liked the atmosphere of the place. I genuinely, really, thoroughly enjoyed the whole morning there. I just liked the quietness and stillness of what is basically a cruel prison complex. I still found some kind of joy in that. That's how I am.
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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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For me, the anarchy movement is hilarious. It's all under .org, which is of course government sponsored websites, and then they're all wearing corporate clothing from the Dr.Martin's to the back sacks and the cell phones, they're all flying around on corporate jets and using corporate highways. Very anarchistic!
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I love Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart because they're bringing irony back into American humor, which is a delicious treat. The entire Colbert persona of being extreme right-wing when he's not at all is highly amusing. He does it so well, but sometimes a little too well. My wife is convinced he's completely that way.
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I don't listen to music. I hate music.
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Michael Jackson plays the wounded puppy very well. 'I must be the loneliest man in the world'. Well, you're not a man. And the loneliness is self inflicted, so sod off you pathetic puerile pimp. I wonder what color his willy is.
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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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