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
emotion wanted realised
Music can describe emotions far more accurately than words ever can. As soon as I realised that, I knew music was where I wanted to be.
party want world
I could never be a member of a single party. I want the best of all worlds, thank you.
want honest being-honest
Do what I want, be honest to myself and then it would do good for others, that's all, full on.
choices want lifestyle
Me, as a human, I never want to take away another human being's choices or lifestyles or anything.
opportunity going-away want
If you have something to say then you want someone to pay attention or at least to have the opportunity for them to tell you to shut up and go away.
dog needs want
We need wealthy dogs off the seats of power. They're taking us back to feudalism and I really don't want that. But I'm very far from being a socialist.
circus messages want
Punk became a circus didn't it? Everybody got it wrong. The message was supposed to be: Don't follow us, do what you want!
want what-you-want expenses
Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense.
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.
died few four nearly took
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.
human
My inspiration is everything that the human being gets up to.
constantly fight rest
We constantly have to fight off allegations, when we've done nothing wrong. When frankly, it's the rest of the world.
bank car change collector expensive huge incredibly love reason wealthy
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.
It's quite clear to me I'm not a sexist and I'm not a misogynist.