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" I cannot comprehend fundamentalism. It's fundamentally wrong. "
John Lydon
Fundamentalism
Wrong
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" I never wore a studded leather jacket, y'know. Ne-va! "
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" Let's face it, I ain't ever gonna be the best singer in the world, or the best anything. "
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" I was a very sickly boy when I was young; nearly died when I was 7. I had a life-threatening attack of meningitis, and that put me in a coma for a few months. It took me four years to get my memory back. "
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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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" 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 think there's something basically wrong with the general public that they do need their icons. "
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" I like crazy people, especially those who don't see the risk. "
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" I love America. I love Americans. "
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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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" You'll find that empty vessels make the most sound. "
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" I've never said I'm a communist. "
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" Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence. "
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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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" I always knew the Sixties wasn't a revolution. It really was just a bunch of university students with wealthy parents having fun. "
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" I'm not this callous clown walking around laughing at life all the time. I've had some serious, serious problems in my life. But I've come out with a smile. "
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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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Sitting
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" When I write, my brain moves faster than my hands so I'm always trying to picture things. "
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Always
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" I don't believe in pets. I like animals to be wild and free. "
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" If you have something to say then you want someone to pay attention or at least to have the opportunity for them to tell you to shut up and go away. "
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" Obama's dense as a doorbell; not much going on up there - it's a wooden top. "
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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
" No matter what you experience in life, it incorporates political tendencies, and in so many ways. "
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" 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. "
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" Over the years, during television interviews, whenever the host or the reviewer or whoever gets cynical and nasty with me, I will behave accordingly. I will defend myself. "
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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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" I hate death; it takes people away from you. You're left feeling rudderless. "
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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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" 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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