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
song feelings matter
I'm aware of my songs. I'm aware of them because they're about true emotions, true feelings, things that matter.
song stones rolling
There are some Rolling Stones songs that are just stunners.
song writing epic
There's many, many ways to write a song. But generally, sitting down at a table and writing is not one of them.
song grief past
You have moments of grief in life, and if you can put pen to paper and capture that, that's something wonderful. I can revisit actual songs about past deaths, and I know that emotion is as true now as it was then.
song concerts certain
As a young concert-going person, I was never enamoured with celebrities who would walk out to feature in certain songs and then walk off.
song writing fake
I love pop music. It's not easy to write a good pop song. It may be easier to put out a fake jazz album, as Sting does from time to time.
song mean ideas
Some song ideas absolutely require a kind of rigid discipline, and others require absolute chaotic abandon. The form is only valid if you know how to un-form it. I don't mean to sound like an intellectual here!
song thinking years
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.
song memories believe
I don't believe in false memories, like I don't believe in false songs.
song desire able
I'm not able to tell you what the best song is yet, because there's more to come. I feel that in me. I can still feel the burning energy and the desire to create and create and create.
song writing easy
I love pop music. It's not easy to write a good pop song.
song rap years
I'm not blowing my own trumpet here, but I made a rap song 20 years ago with Afrika Bambaataa.
song should-have band
U2 - that's a band that never should have existed. There's no life experience in any of their songs.
grew liked members music taken
I've been in very many situations where I've not liked the other members of the band or they have not liked me. I grew up presuming that's the way music was made. It doesn't need to be that way. It's taken me years years to find that out.