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" If you give me the chance, I'll destroy America for you. "
John Lydon
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" 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. "
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" I'm not great at dealing with death, I have to say. I find death very hard: my mum, my dad, Sid Vicious. I'm not a monster; I feel it and it scares me. One death at a time, please, is all my heart will bear. "
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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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" Words cannot express quite a lot of feelings, whereas a noise or tone or drone or sound, an accordion falling down a staircase, can somehow capture an emotion much better. "
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" Oscar Wilde turned the world upside down and was able to laugh at it, and hopefully by the time I'm 120 and worn out, that's what I will achieve. I love being alive so much. "
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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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" I like America's diversity and its landscapes. "
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" Americans being upright and forthright and honest and true to themselves is a very hard concept. "
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" 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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" 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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" Britain's an island; it's always had a constant ebb and flow of immigration - it makes it a better place. "
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" I could never be a member of a single party. I want the best of all worlds, thank you. "
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" These days young kids don't have any place to form an epic adventure. It's more often in front of the TV screen or a laptop. That's very hard on them. They're being taught daily unsocial skills. Facebook is an unsocial skill. It's so sad. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't tolerate liars. When somebody lies to me, that's really, like, just unbearable. "
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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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" Do what I want, be honest to myself and then it would do good for others, that's all, full on. "
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" Listen, you know this: If there's not a rebellious youth culture, there's no culture at all. It's absolutely essential. It is the future. This is what we're supposed to do as a species, is advance ideas. "
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" If you can sort out why you feel the way you do then you might be in better shape to meet your maker. "
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" The only good political movement I've seen lately was Occupy Wall Street. They had no leaders, which was genius. But unfortunately it always ends up with some hippy playing a flute. "
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" I love being alive so much. When you come out of comas in your childhood, every moment awake is a joyous occasion. "
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