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You'll find that empty vessels make the most sound.

John Lydon

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John Lydon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 31
Actor
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Holloway
London
Johnny Rotten
John Joseph Lydon
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Americans being upright and forthright and honest and true to themselves is a very hard concept.
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U2 - that's a band that never should have existed. There's no life experience in any of their songs.
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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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You have moments of grief in life, and if you can put pen to paper and capture that, that's something wonderful. I can revisit actual songs about past deaths, and I know that emotion is as true now as it was then.
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If you give me the chance, I'll destroy America for you.
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Meat isn't murder, it's delicious.
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You can always wake up on the wrong side of the bed and boo-hiss everyone suffers. We can all be temperamental.
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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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There are some Rolling Stones songs that are just stunners.
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I'm just permanently agitated by everything and everyone.
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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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I'm not going to pontificate and tell you to execute your government at dawn, but it wouldn't be a bad idea.
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I keep falling off the edge of the stage because I can't see it. I can't see my wrinkles in the mirror either, though.
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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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I never thought of Green Day as a punk band. Just bubblegum, really.
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For me all governments are my enemies and I've never made any bones about it any other way other than directly, and I don't fly the left flag or the right flag, me, I'm common sense.
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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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It's nice to be a part of history but people should get it right. I may not be perfect, but I'm bloody close.
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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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