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I don't like walking in the street and seeing 30,000 copies of myself.

John Lydon

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John Lydon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 31
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For me, I'll always stand up for the disenfranchised, and I'm going to make a big point of that. I'm not a protest singer as such, you know? After the endurance course of the early 70s and 60s, I don't want to become one of them twats. But you got to learn to speak the truth.
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Words cannot express quite a lot of feelings, whereas a noise or tone or drone or sound, an accordion falling down a staircase, can somehow capture an emotion much better.
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If you can sort out why you feel the way you do then you might be in better shape to meet your maker.
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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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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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Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?
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The day I run out of ideas is the day I stop making records.
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I don't need a Rolls-Royce, I don't need a house in the country, I don't need to live in the south of France. I'm quite happy as I am.
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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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I'm very open about my politics. I don't believe in any political party at all, none of them.
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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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If anyone asks for your autograph they're showing you respect and give it back to them.
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You'll find that empty vessels make the most sound.
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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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Love is two minutes and fifty-two seconds of squishy sounds.
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Records were vitally important to the development of music and of all music cultures. With that being pushed by the wayside, I can't see an iPod uniting us. In fact it separates us, the streets are full of people bumping into lamp posts, listening to their own little universe, and there's no sharing in that.
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I like America's diversity and its landscapes.
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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 come from the school of do it yourself mate. Unfortunately over the years there's been quite a few of, Can you do it for us Johnny, so we can grab all your glory?.
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I hate death it takes people away from you. You're left feeling rudderless.
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