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" Art should be life. It's an imitation of life. It should have some humanity in it. "
John Lydon
Life
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" People don't like other poor people, and rather than blame the people that make you all poor, you blame each other. "
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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. I was very ill as a child and in and out of hospital. That sort of alienates you, and in my songs I put that to good use. "
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Me
" I've done no harm to no one. In fact, I think I've improved the world. "
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" I'm 100% proud of the TV work I achieved. The work I did on shows on insects and Great White sharks... stuff that's in school curriculums in England. Now they are showing up on Discovery Channel. "
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" Situationism is a ludicrous proposition. It's ill-formed and it's perfectly French. That Gallic disposition towards common sense. L'Anarchie! "
John Lydon
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Common Sense
Common
" If anyone asks for your autograph they're showing you respect and give it back to them. "
John Lydon
Autograph
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You
" I could never be a member of a single party. I want the best of all worlds, thank you. "
John Lydon
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You
Never
" I'd rather give up my ears than my eyes, which might sound unusual for a musician. "
John Lydon
Ears
Eyes
Up
" 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. "
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Out
Walk
Young
" There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it. "
John Lydon
Nothing
Anyone
Dying
" If you can sort out why you feel the way you do then you might be in better shape to meet your maker. "
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Way
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Feel
" I've never done anything deliberately; I just speak my mind, and that is what I consistently do and will always do in any way shape or form that I can. "
John Lydon
Always
Way
Done
" There's many, many ways to write a song. But generally, sitting down at a table and writing is not one of them. "
John Lydon
Table
Sitting
Song
" 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. "
John Lydon
Mountains
Love
Have Fun
" You're made to feel ugly, and I made ugly beautiful. Just by sheer persistence. Nobody has the right to say that I am ugly, and I will not be a professional victim, you know. Sorry! "
John Lydon
You
Beautiful
I Am
" 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. "
John Lydon
You
Walls
Trying
" Obama's dense as a doorbell; not much going on up there - it's a wooden top. "
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Going
Much
Wooden
" Pop music I have always loved best. "
John Lydon
Always
Best
Loved
" 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. "
John Lydon
Words
Far
More
" You'd have to be daft as a brush to say you didn't like Pink Floyd. "
John Lydon
Like
Brush
Pink
" My words are my bullets. "
John Lydon
Bullets
Words
" Don't accept the old order. Get rid of it. "
John Lydon
Rid
Order
Old
" I don't release records to be anything but enjoyable. "
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Enjoyable
Release
Anything
" 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. "
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Heart
Great
" 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. "
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Life
My Life
Busy
" My biggest fear is mindlessly and stupidly repeating myself. "
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Biggest
Fear
Myself
" Every single lyric I've ever written I meant. "
John Lydon
Every
Written
Single
" If you were to look back at me as a school kid you'd see a very quiet little church mouse kind of character. "
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Me
You
" I think I have something valid to say. My words are my bullets. I like to brag that somehow I got it right. "
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Like
Right
Say