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" Do not stand in the middle, go to the right or to the left. "
John Lydon
Middle
Right
Stand
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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! "
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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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Look
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" I hate the technological rip-offs that pass for music formats these days, and go back to vinyl to hear a good record because the sound is always so much fuller. I don't even like listening to music in the car. "
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" The day I run out of ideas is the day I stop making records. "
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Stop
Day
" Books are like my one and only joy. "
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Like
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" I have values. But morals are Christian. There's no religion here. Values. Don't hurt when you don't need to, but don't let anybody step over that line - it's an invisible line, but it's respect for somebody's space. "
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Respect
Religion
" Words cannot express quite a lot of feelings, whereas a noise or tone or drone or sound, an accordion falling down a staircase, can somehow capture an emotion much better. "
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Staircase
Feelings
" I hate death; it takes people away from you. You're left feeling rudderless. "
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Hate
Death
You
" I've always despised the hippies. "
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Despised
Always
Hippies
" Move to Italy. I mean it: they know about living in debt; they don't care. I stayed out there for five months while I was making a film called 'Order Of Death,' and they've really got it sussed. Nice cars. Sharp suits. Great food. Stroll into work at 10. Lunch from 12 till three. Leave work at five. That's living! "
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" You'll find that empty vessels make the most sound. "
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Find
You
Sound
" Obama's dense as a doorbell; not much going on up there - it's a wooden top. "
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Going
Much
Wooden
" 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. "
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Life
Grief
Know
" I'd rather give up my ears than my eyes, which might sound unusual for a musician. "
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Ears
Eyes
Up
" Britain's an island; it's always had a constant ebb and flow of immigration - it makes it a better place. "
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Island
Place
Better
" I don't tolerate liars. When somebody lies to me, that's really, like, just unbearable. "
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Liars
Lies
Somebody
" I showed what I can do with butter, right? Eighty-five percent increase in sales. I'm very proud of them Country Life ads. They were funny and clever and classy like the Toblerone ads I grew up with. "
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Proud
Funny
Country
" I've never told anyone this. But I suffer from terrible stage fright. True. You can't tell though, can you? Unbelievable, the panic. I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. It'd make me vomit. "
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You
True
Fear
" 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. "
John Lydon
Love
Fast
Wife
" I don't believe in anarchy, because it will ultimately amount to the power of the bully, with weapons. Gandhi is my life's inspiration: passive resistance. I don't want to live in the Thunderdome with Mad Max. "
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Live
Power
Resistance
" I never thought of Green Day as a punk band. Just bubblegum, really. "
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Never
Thought
Band
" I'm no one's lap dog, you can't put me on a leash. "
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Put
Dog
" I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine. "
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Mine
Your
" There's no harm in me. Really, I'm just a big kid. "
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Just
Kid
Harm
" Oscar Wilde turned the world upside down and was able to laugh at it, and hopefully by the time I'm 120 and worn out, that's what I will achieve. I love being alive so much. "
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Upside Down
World
Time
" A record company used to be a very good thing, but they ended up soul-destroyingly trapping people in the accounting department. And you couldn't get any further, and the heads of each department were changing all the time, so you couldn't have any permanent relationship within the corporation. "
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Good
You
Relationship
" I love consumerism, TV culture, shopping malls. There's nothing I'd ever buy, but I like being there. It's wacky. "
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Culture
Like
Shopping
" Pop music I have always loved best. But the more extreme, fascist-led examples of the music business I tend to detest the most. "
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Always
Music
Loved
" I think there's something basically wrong with the general public that they do need their icons. "
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Think
Something
General
" Me, as a human, I never want to take away another human being's choices or lifestyles or anything. "
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Away
Human
Choices