John Lydon Quotes - Page 7

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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.

  John Lydon

  Running, Reality, Views

  Source: www.axs.com

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• 'Lollipop Opera' is the backdrop to Finsbury Park. A place that is very thriving, interracial and lot of music stores, Greek, Turkish, all sorts of immigrant music. It's utter Englishness. It blends the Jamaicans, the Irish. It's like what Jim Reeves did with American country music.

  John Lydon

  Country, Greek, Lollipop

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• I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig.

  John Lydon

  Wicked, Rotten, Goes On

  The Daily Telegraph, January 6, 2008.

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• I love books, and all the best ones are people analysing their own emotions. You can learn from that.

  John Lydon

  Book, People, Emotion

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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.

  John Lydon

  Shapes, Might, Way

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• I love conversation and the sharing of different thoughts and philosophies. That kind of stuff always makes me happy. I don't mind interviews, either - I like doing them.

  John Lydon

  Philosophy, Mind, Different

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• I've been asked over the years to compile a list of desert-island discs. I couldn't do that. If I was trapped on a desert island, I don't think I'd want 10 songs to bring with me.

  John Lydon

  Song, Thinking, Islands

  Interview with Jason Heller, music.avclub.com. April 6, 2010.

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• Punk was never about one particular clean-cut imagery... it's about many, many individuals coming very loosely together.

  John Lydon

  Cutting, Together, Punk

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• Destroy everything. That's all well and fine, but you got to offer something in it's place. Since I always have a point and purpose to what I do, thats why people accuse me of being calculated. it's the way I am. I always know my next move. I could never conjure up a death wish, this is all I have is life. I don't know what comes next, and frankly I'm in no rush to find out. I don't believe in playing a martyr just for the sheer hell of it. And for something as chidish as Rock 'N' Roll is not on.

  John Lydon

  Believe, Moving, Rocks

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• I think I have something valid to say. My words are my bullets. I like to brag that somehow I got it right.

  John Lydon

  Thinking, Bullets, Brag

  The Daily Telegraph, January 6, 2008.

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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.

  John Lydon

  Commitment, Wife, My Wife

  "John Lydon On Marriage, Losing A Child And Gargling With Brandy". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2008.

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• My biggest fear is mindlessly and stupidly repeating myself.

  John Lydon

  Biggest Fear

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• I'm no one's lap dog, you can't put me on a leash.

  John Lydon

  Dog, Lap, Rotten

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• Occasionally, a re-enactment is a fine thing. I love Civil War re-enactments.

  John Lydon

  War, Things I Love, Fine Things

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• I don't like the monikers, and I don't like being pigeonholed. You know, I'm a human being.

  John Lydon

  Humans, Knows, Human Beings

  Interview with Jason Heller, www.avclub.com. April 6, 2010.

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• There are some Rolling Stones songs that are just stunners.

  John Lydon

  Song, Rolling, Stones

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• For a gun-toting nation, Americans are surprisingly passive.

  John Lydon

  Gun, Passive, Nations

  "John Lydon: 'I'm fat, I'm 50 and I'm back'". Interview with Olga Craig, www.telegraph.co.uk. June 1, 2008.

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• I applaud the effort it takes to put a record together.

  John Lydon

  Effort, Together, Records

  Interview with John Semley, www.avclub.com. May 31, 2012.

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• I don't understand the art of compromise, and it's a shame the politicians don't understand that as well, you know, we might have a better, clearer world. But then saying that, we might also get a lot of Donald Trump's running left right and centre.

  John Lydon

  Running, Art, World

  Source: mojo20.com

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• Listen, you know this: If there's not a rebellious youth culture, there's no culture at all. It's absolutely essential. It is the future. This is what we're supposed to do as a species, is advance ideas.

  John Lydon

  Ideas, Essentials, Culture

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• One of the most beautiful things about Britain, apart from the NHS and the free education, is the British Army.

  John Lydon

  Beautiful, Army, Free Education

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• I've helped launch 49 careers - those that have been in PiL. To me, they are my babies; whatever they get up to, they know I love them. They've been living in my pockets, and they should show more gratitude.

  John Lydon

  Gratitude, Baby, Careers

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• I love being alive so much. When you come out of comas in your childhood, every moment awake is a joyous occasion.

  John Lydon

  Childhood, Alive, Moments

  "76 minutes with ... John Lydon". Interview with Dave Simpson, www.theguardian.com. May 31, 2012.

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• I've never said I'm a communist.

  John Lydon

  Communist, Said

  "This is my Britain. Our Britain. Not some German tourist's" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. May 16, 2002.

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• I do use my music to entertain myself, as indeed I use other people's music.

  John Lydon

  People, Use

  Interview with AVC, www.avclub.com. April 6, 2010.

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