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
christian hurt space
I have values. But morals are Christian. There's no religion here. Values. Don't hurt when you don't need to, but don't let anybody step over that line - it's an invisible line, but it's respect for somebody's space.
suffering sides bed
You can always wake up on the wrong side of the bed and, boo-hiss, everyone suffers. We can all be temperamental.
book people emotion
I love books, and all the best ones are people analysing their own emotions. You can learn from that.
nice irritated joyous
It's nice to be irritated. It's a very joyous thing.
people rotten blame
People don't like other poor people, and rather than blame the people that make you all poor, you blame each other.
school years names
Dummy Dum Dum was my nickname for years at school. I was the strange one of the family, the one who couldn't remember his name.
wicked goes-on gigs
I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig.
commitment wife my-wife
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.
leather-jackets leather jackets
I never wore a studded leather jacket, y'know. Ne-va!
thinking bullets brag
I think I have something valid to say. My words are my bullets. I like to brag that somehow I got it right.
thinking icons needs
I think there's something basically wrong with the general public that they do need their icons.
mean roots culture
I mean, the genuine roots of culture is folk music.
shopping tvs culture
I love consumerism, TV culture, shopping malls. There's nothing I'd ever buy, but I like being there. It's wacky.
childhood alive moments
I love being alive so much. When you come out of comas in your childhood, every moment awake is a joyous occasion.