John Lydon
John Lydon
John Joseph Lydon, also known by his former stage name Johnny Rotten, is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as the lead singer of the late 1970's punk band The Sex Pistols, which lasted from 1975 until 1978, and again for various revivals during the 1990s and 2000s. He is also the lead singer of post-punk band Public Image Ltd, which he founded and fronted from 1978 until 1993, and again since 2009...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth31 January 1956
birthday kids cake
Having a birthday cake squashed into your face by young kids? Delicious. I always don a Santa suit at Christmas. Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence.
suffering wicked goes-on
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.
beautiful army free-education
One of the most beautiful things about Britain, apart from the NHS and the free education, is the British Army.
war things-i-love fine-things
Occasionally, a re-enactment is a fine thing. I love Civil War re-enactments.
devices tempted ifs
If I'm left to my own devices, I will be tempted to make the most unlistenable music possible.
bullets
My words are my bullets.
language simulation music-is
Music is a simulation of something, but language is the greatest thing we possess.
might way shapes
If you can sort out why you feel the way you do then you might be in better shape to meet your maker.
school character kids
If you were to look back at me as a school kid you'd see a very quiet little church mouse kind of character.
rockstars
You can't arrest me, I'm a rockstar.
song memories believe
I don't believe in false memories, like I don't believe in false songs.
calming-effect people may
I somehow hope - naïve though I may be, utopian, possibly - that my music has some kind of calming effect on the universe, that it's somehow beneficial to people.
people use
I do use my music to entertain myself, as indeed I use other people's music.
fake
Only the fakes survive.