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" If you ever want to know why I'm not on a record label, look at 'The X Factor!' Honestly, of all the people that strive to break barriers in music and do good things and write great lyrics, not one of them would ever pass the first round on any of these competitions. "

John Lydon

Great

Music

Good Things

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" You're made to feel ugly, and I made ugly beautiful. Just by sheer persistence. Nobody has the right to say that I am ugly, and I will not be a professional victim, you know. Sorry! "

" 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. "

" 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 a bit of flag-waving. "

" 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.' "

" Do not stand in the middle, go to the right or to the left. "

" There's many, many ways to write a song. But generally, sitting down at a table and writing is not one of them. "

" 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! "

" I've created several musical trends, really. That's not because I'm so far out and fabulous. It's because most bands have no ideas of their own. They're so desperate they'll grab at any old straw. "

" Britain's an island; it's always had a constant ebb and flow of immigration - it makes it a better place. "

" I love America. I love Americans. "

" My words are my bullets. "

John Lydon

Bullets

Words

" There are some Rolling Stones songs that are just stunners. "

" 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! "

" Heaven is on this earth. There are no angels on the clouds with twanging harps... That's just another man's fantasy. "

" I think national pride leads to nothing but wars and hate. "

" I never wore a studded leather jacket, y'know. Ne-va! "

" The record companies fell apart - quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop. "

" Periods of inactivity, I don't know such things. I'm consistently writing. My life is busy. It always is. There are hardly any moments for self-indulgent laziness. "

" If anyone asks for your autograph they're showing you respect and give it back to them. "

" I've never done anything deliberately; I just speak my mind, and that is what I consistently do and will always do in any way shape or form that I can. "

" I don't like the monikers, and I don't like being pigeonholed. You know, I'm a human being. "

" I never thought of Green Day as a punk band. Just bubblegum, really. "

" There's no harm in me. Really, I'm just a big kid. "

" Pop music I have always loved best. But the more extreme, fascist-led examples of the music business I tend to detest the most. "

" Just because people think politically different to you doesn't mean they're inhuman. "

" I've never told anyone this. But I suffer from terrible stage fright. True. You can't tell though, can you? Unbelievable, the panic. I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. It'd make me vomit. "

" I cannot comprehend fundamentalism. It's fundamentally wrong. "