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" I don't tolerate liars. When somebody lies to me, that's really, like, just unbearable. "
John Lydon
Liars
Lies
Somebody
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" I went to visit Alcatraz years ago when I was on tour with the Pistols, and I really liked the atmosphere of the place. I genuinely, really, thoroughly enjoyed the whole morning there. I just liked the quietness and stillness of what is basically a cruel prison complex. I still found some kind of joy in that. That's how I am. "
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Joy
I Am
" The day I run out of ideas is the day I stop making records. "
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Stop
Day
" I've been asked over the years to compile a list of desert-island discs. I couldn't do that. If I was trapped on a desert island, I don't think I'd want 10 songs to bring with me. "
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Want
Desert
Island
" Occasionally, a re-enactment is a fine thing. I love Civil War re-enactments. "
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Civil
War
Thing
" I cannot comprehend fundamentalism. It's fundamentally wrong. "
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Fundamentalism
Wrong
Cannot
" 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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Opportunity
Say
" Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence. "
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State
Childish
Innocence
" If I'm left to my own devices, I will be tempted to make the most unlistenable music possible. "
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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 always knew the Sixties wasn't a revolution. It really was just a bunch of university students with wealthy parents having fun. "
John Lydon
Parents
Revolution
Fun
" You'd have to be daft as a brush to say you didn't like Pink Floyd. "
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Like
Brush
Pink
" Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed. "
John Lydon
Always
Important
Rules
" I don't release records to be anything but enjoyable. "
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Enjoyable
Release
Anything
" 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. "
John Lydon
Mountains
Love
Have Fun
" I love Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart because they're bringing irony back into American humor, which is a delicious treat. The entire Colbert persona of being extreme right-wing when he's not at all is highly amusing. He does it so well, but sometimes a little too well. My wife is convinced he's completely that way. "
John Lydon
Wife
Back
Humor
" I have one major problem with the Internet: It's full of liars. "
John Lydon
Problem
Full
Internet
" If anyone asks for your autograph they're showing you respect and give it back to them. "
John Lydon
Autograph
Your
You
" I'm sort of of the belief that people kill themselves from the inside out. When they're unhappy with what they're doing, or not achieving things - when your focus is off-kilter. The thing that keeps me ticking is my values. And I maintain them, because they're worthy. I like to wake up and feel I've done no wrong. I like that feeling. "
John Lydon
Feel
Wake Up
Values
" I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine. "
John Lydon
Here
Mine
Your
" I could never be a member of a single party. I want the best of all worlds, thank you. "
John Lydon
Best
You
Never
" I've been in very many situations where I've not liked the other members of the band or they have not liked me. I grew up presuming that's the way music was made. It doesn't need to be that way. It's taken me years years to find that out. "
John Lydon
Way
Find
Me
" 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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You
Mind
Youth
" 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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Man
People
Party
" Until I see an Arab country, a Muslim country, with a democracy, I won't understand how anyone can have a problem with how they're treated. "
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Democracy
Country
Understand
" 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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Past
Religion
Music
" I think I have something valid to say. My words are my bullets. I like to brag that somehow I got it right. "
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Like
Right
Say
" 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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Live
Color
Born
" 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
" I applaud the effort it takes to put a record together. "
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Together
Takes
Record