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" I'm no one's lap dog, you can't put me on a leash. "
John Lydon
You
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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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" I'm not blowing my own trumpet here, but I made a rap song 20 years ago with Afrika Bambaataa. "
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" 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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" One of the most beautiful things about Britain, apart from the NHS and the free education, is the British Army. "
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Things
" No matter what you experience in life, it incorporates political tendencies, and in so many ways. "
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" Being born into the Royal Family is like being born into a mental asylum. Marrying into it is not something to be taken lightly. "
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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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" I mean, the genuine roots of culture is folk music. "
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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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Live
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" People think I hate the Royal Family, but that's not true. "
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Royal
People
Hate
" 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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Words
Staircase
Feelings
" I don't release records to be anything but enjoyable. "
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" Live music is healthy. "
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Music
Live Music
Live
" 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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You
Poor
" I love a bit of flag-waving. "
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Love
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Bit
" 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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Good
Myself
" 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 love conversation and the sharing of different thoughts and philosophies. That kind of stuff always makes me happy. I don't mind interviews, either - I like doing them. "
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Doing
Love
Me
" 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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You
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" I've had great pleasure meeting the likes of Newt Gingrich and having a chat with the fellow on a staircase. I found him completely dishonest and totally likeable, because he doesn't care! He knows what a politician is, and he's a perfect embodiment of one. "
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Great
Meeting
Perfect
" 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
" Music can describe emotions far more accurately than words ever can. As soon as I realised that, I knew music was where I wanted to be. "
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" You can always wake up on the wrong side of the bed and, boo-hiss, everyone suffers. We can all be temperamental. "
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" My inspiration is everything that the human being gets up to. "
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" I don't believe in anarchy, because it will ultimately amount to the power of the bully, with weapons. Gandhi is my life's inspiration: passive resistance. I don't want to live in the Thunderdome with Mad Max. "
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" 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.' "
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" We need wealthy dogs off the seats of power. They're taking us back to feudalism and I really don't want that. But I'm very far from being a socialist. "
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" 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. "
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Own
Trends
Old
" I never wore a studded leather jacket, y'know. Ne-va! "
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Jacket
Leather
" 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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