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" I applaud the effort it takes to put a record together. "
John Lydon
Together
Takes
Record
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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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" 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. "
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" The day I run out of ideas is the day I stop making records. "
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" Every single lyric I've ever written I meant. "
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" It's quite clear to me I'm not a sexist and I'm not a misogynist. "
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" 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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" Heaven is on this earth. There are no angels on the clouds with twanging harps... That's just another man's fantasy. "
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" I was brought up and raised in Britain as a Labour man, and that quickly changed. And I find there are more working-class people in the Conservative Party than the Labour party. "
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" I always find the mirror in the dressing room is where the best artists are. "
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" I've helped launch 49 careers - those that have been in PiL. To me, they are my babies; whatever they get up to, they know I love them. They've been living in my pockets, and they should show more gratitude. "
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Know
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" My biggest fear is mindlessly and stupidly repeating myself. "
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" I don't have any expensive habits. I'm not a car collector or any of that nonsense. But I'd love to be incredibly wealthy for no reason at all. "
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" Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed. "
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" I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. "
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Wicked
Day
" Some song ideas absolutely require a kind of rigid discipline, and others require absolute chaotic abandon. The form is only valid if you know how to un-form it. I don't mean to sound like an intellectual here! "
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Discipline
You
" When you come from desperate poverty, and that's exactly what I come from, you know that nonsenses are not to be tolerated. I'm not sure who gains from chaos, but I know it's not the poor folks in the council flats. The politics of vindictiveness is never, ever anything like a solution. "
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Chaos
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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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Kind
Find
Lady
" I think there's something basically wrong with the general public that they do need their icons. "
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General
" Records were vitally important to the development of music and of all music cultures. With that being pushed by the wayside, I can't see an iPod uniting us. In fact it separates us, the streets are full of people bumping into lamp posts, listening to their own little universe, and there's no sharing in that. "
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Universe
Music
Listening
" I never wore a studded leather jacket, y'know. Ne-va! "
John Lydon
Wore
Jacket
Leather
" Occasionally, a re-enactment is a fine thing. I love Civil War re-enactments. "
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Civil
War
Thing
" When I write, my brain moves faster than my hands so I'm always trying to picture things. "
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Trying
Always
Brain
" Art should be life. It's an imitation of life. It should have some humanity in it. "
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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've turned arrogance into an artform, where it's so absurd that it becomes comedy. But I've never done anything to hurt anybody or steal from anyone. "
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Never
Hurt
" I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine. "
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" Books are like my one and only joy. "
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