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
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As a human being, I'm work in process.
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I don't like the monikers, and I don't like being pigeonholed. You know, I'm a human being.
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I don't have huge bank accounts. I'd love one. But it wouldn't change much. 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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We constantly have to fight off allegations, when we've done nothing wrong. When frankly, it's the rest of the world.
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My inspiration is everything that the human being gets up to.
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I was a very sickly boy when I was young; nearly died when I was 7. I had a life-threatening attack of meningitis, and that put me in a coma for a few months. It took me four years to get my memory back.
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Look, if the Situationists achieved what they wanted, they would be very unhappy and they would have to be Situationists all over again. It's a never-ending process.
There's no harm in me. Really, I'm just a big kid.
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No matter what you experience in life, it incorporates political tendencies, and in so many ways.
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The joy of life is in the work.
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I'm sort of of the belief that people kill themselves from the inside out. When they're unhappy with what they're doing, or not achieving things - when your focus is off-kilter. The thing that keeps me ticking is my values. And I maintain them, because they're worthy. I like to wake up and feel I've done no wrong. I like that feeling.
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I've turned arrogance into an artform, where it's so absurd that it becomes comedy. But I've never done anything to hurt anybody or steal from anyone.
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With two more guys on the court who might review Roe and put it back where it belongs, we're seeing a light at the end of the tunnel.
I'm in England so often I haven't really left, but Americans aren't at all like they're misrepresented through their politicians.