John Lydon Quotes

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John Lydon

Profession : Musician

Birth : January 31, 1956

I'm not blowing my own trumpet here, but I made a rap song 20 years ago with Afrika Bambaataa.

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Live music is healthy.

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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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You gotta bear in mind, the youth - and this is just in Britain alone - have nowhere to go in the evenings. They've closed all the social centers. There's not even a patch of grass to kick a ball on.

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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 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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Over the years, during television interviews, whenever the host or the reviewer or whoever gets cynical and nasty with me, I will behave accordingly. I will defend myself.

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The day I run out of ideas is the day I stop making records.

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If you give me the chance, I'll destroy America for you.

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I don't have any expensive habits. I'm not a car collector or any of that nonsense. But I'd love to be incredibly wealthy for no reason at all.

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I always find the mirror in the dressing room is where the best artists are.

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It's no good being nice and young and naive. There's no good in that at all. You've got to do it all yourself, and you've gotta learn quick. And you can't look for sympathy either.

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Music can describe emotions far more accurately than words ever can. As soon as I realised that, I knew music was where I wanted to be.

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People don't like other poor people, and rather than blame the people that make you all poor, you blame each other.

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Britain's an island; it's always had a constant ebb and flow of immigration - it makes it a better place.

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If I'm left to my own devices, I will be tempted to make the most unlistenable music possible.

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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 had an Irish Catholic education. Horrible nuns, vindictive and cruel.

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I have one major problem with the internet: It's full of liars. There doesn't seem to be any way to answer to people lying about you.

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I've had great pleasure meeting the likes of Newt Gingrich and having a chat with the fellow on a staircase. I found him completely dishonest and totally likeable, because he doesn't care! He knows what a politician is, and he's a perfect embodiment of one.

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