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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.“
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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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„You gotta bear in mind, the youth - and this is just in Britain alone - have nowhere to go in the evenings. They've closed all the social centers. There's not even a patch of grass to kick a ball on.“
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„You need the past as a guideline. The history of music is a good basis, but to escape that stuff, that tortuous rulebook, you have to learn it first. It's kind of like religion - once you've written the Bible, that's it, move on.“
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„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!“
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„My entire life, socially, was all around the Maggie era. That was the great challenge as a Sex Pistol was how to deal with Margaret Thatcher. I think we did rather good.“
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„When you grew up like me and my four brothers, you end up feeling somewhat inadequate, like somehow you don't count.“
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„Until I see an Arab country, a Muslim country, with a democracy, I won't understand how anyone can have a problem with how they're treated.“
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„There's no harm in me. Really, I'm just a big kid.“
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„There's many, many ways to write a song. But generally, sitting down at a table and writing is not one of them.“
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„No matter what you experience in life, it incorporates political tendencies, and in so many ways.“
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„Me, as a human, I never want to take away another human being's choices or lifestyles or anything.“
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„It's quite clear to me I'm not a sexist and I'm not a misogynist.“
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„If you give me the chance, I'll destroy America for you.“
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„I'm in England so often I haven't really left, but Americans aren't at all like they're misrepresented through their politicians.“
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„I love a bit of flag-waving.“
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„I hate death; it takes people away from you. You're left feeling rudderless.“
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„I applaud the effort it takes to put a record together.“
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„For me, the best rock is not what you play - it's what you're not playing.“
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„Books are like my one and only joy.“
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John Lydon
Author born: January 31, 1956
Nationality: English
Author Profession: Musician

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