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" All the things that you would have thought would have made me a professional A1 criminal... wrong. I decided that was too lazy and easy, and because of the way British society is, quite frankly you were denied an education, so I got one of my own. "

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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. "

John Lydon

Feel

Wake Up

Values

" I love a bit of flag-waving. "

" I'm not great at dealing with death, I have to say. I find death very hard: my mum, my dad, Sid Vicious. I'm not a monster; I feel it and it scares me. One death at a time, please, is all my heart will bear. "

John Lydon

Heart

Great

" I'm not this callous clown walking around laughing at life all the time. I've had some serious, serious problems in my life. But I've come out with a smile. "

" Do what I want, be honest to myself and then it would do good for others, that's all, full on. "

" I love American ski resorts because they're open to everyone, are not incredibly expensive. They're not snobby and you can have fun all day long on the most excellent mountains. "

" I love conversation and the sharing of different thoughts and philosophies. That kind of stuff always makes me happy. I don't mind interviews, either - I like doing them. "

John Lydon

Doing

Love

" I love pop music. It's not easy to write a good pop song. "

" Pop music I have always loved best. "

" You know, I've been to some superstars' houses, and I've been really disgusted when I see their platinum discs hanging in the toilet. They're just there on the walls glaring at you when you're trying to be occupied with other things. "

" Periods of inactivity, I don't know such things. I'm consistently writing. My life is busy. It always is. There are hardly any moments for self-indulgent laziness. "

" Situationism is a ludicrous proposition. It's ill-formed and it's perfectly French. That Gallic disposition towards common sense. L'Anarchie! "

" The real color of my hair is mouse. I always want to be ginger, which I was when I was born, or blond, because I live in L.A., and I want to look like I go surfing without any physical effort. "

" I cannot comprehend fundamentalism. It's fundamentally wrong. "

" 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. "

" Love is 2 minutes and 52 seconds of squelching noises. "

" I could never be a member of a single party. I want the best of all worlds, thank you. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Analog, electronic, whatever it happens to be, I simply love and adore literally every aspect of making music. "

" The day I run out of ideas is the day I stop making records. "

" I love boating - not flash, 'noisy go fast' nonsense, but the general relaxation of it. My wife and I love to get in our little Wellcraft and go as far out to sea as we can, hopefully beyond land. That is the best thing you can ever do. It clears your psyche. "

" The only good political movement I've seen lately was Occupy Wall Street. They had no leaders, which was genius. But unfortunately it always ends up with some hippy playing a flute. "

" I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. "

" You'd have to be daft as a brush to say you didn't like Pink Floyd. "

John Lydon

Brush

Pink

" Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense. "

" I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine. "

" For me, the best rock is not what you play - it's what you're not playing. "

John Lydon

Playing

Rock

" I'm in England so often I haven't really left, but Americans aren't at all like they're misrepresented through their politicians. "

John Lydon

Left

Through