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" Don't accept the old order. Get rid of it. "
John Lydon
Rid
Order
Old
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" I wanted to wear the most impenetrable suit of armour ever known to mankind. 'Hello, Mr. Rotten...' You can't say anything about me. You can't put me down in any way shape or form - I'm rotten to the core... you know, what's left for you? Pleasantries? I suppose the worst insult you could sling my way is 'Oh, he's really nice, him.' "
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" People should never allow themselves to be dictated to by media. "
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" Art should be life. It's an imitation of life. It should have some humanity in it. "
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" 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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" The joy of life is in the work. "
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" I hate death; it takes people away from you. You're left feeling rudderless. "
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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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" There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it. "
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" The so-called alleged 'art' of the video - well, the video has killed the radio star, but the video star killed the live musician, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. "
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Radio
" 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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" Every single lyric I've ever written I meant. "
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Written
Single
" I'm not blowing my own trumpet here, but I made a rap song 20 years ago with Afrika Bambaataa. "
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Own
" 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. "
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Mountains
Love
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" 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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Like
Shopping
" I applaud the effort it takes to put a record together. "
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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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Music
" 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
" 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. "
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Far
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" My biggest fear is mindlessly and stupidly repeating myself. "
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Biggest
Fear
Myself
" Dummy Dum Dum was my nickname for years at school. I was the strange one of the family, the one who couldn't remember his name. "
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