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" 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. "
John Lydon
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Strange
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" I love a bit of flag-waving. "
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" I've always said, I thought the Sex Pistols was more Music Hall than anything else - because I think that really, more truths are said in humour than any other form. "
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" We need wealthy dogs off the seats of power. They're taking us back to feudalism and I really don't want that. But I'm very far from being a socialist. "
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" I don't believe in pets. I like animals to be wild and free. "
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" My words are my bullets. "
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" Books are like my one and only joy. "
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" Here's how I understand music. If you can play the same bunch of noise twice, it's music. To go beyond that is supercilious and pontificating. "
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" I find Lady Gaga hilarious. And I kind of like her. My heart's warmed to her. "
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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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" 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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Sex
" My biggest fear is mindlessly and stupidly repeating myself. "
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" 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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Death
Lunch
" I'm no one's lap dog, you can't put me on a leash. "
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" There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it. "
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Anyone
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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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You
Poor
" I like crazy people, especially those who don't see the risk. "
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People
Crazy
Crazy People
" 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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Mind
Youth
" Gossip is a very dangerous tool. We should be more wary of the gossiper, and not the gossip they're trying to relay to you. "
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" I have one major problem with the Internet: It's full of liars. "
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" I like America's diversity and its landscapes. "
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Diversity
" The day I run out of ideas is the day I stop making records. "
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Stop
Day
" 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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Sitting
Song
" Every single lyric I've ever written I meant. "
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Written
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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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" 'Lollipop Opera' is the backdrop to Finsbury Park. A place that is very thriving, interracial and lot of music stores, Greek, Turkish, all sorts of immigrant music. It's utter Englishness. It blends the Jamaicans, the Irish. It's like what Jim Reeves did with American country music. "
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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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