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" It's no good being nice and young and naive. There's no good in that at all. You've got to do it all yourself, and you've gotta learn quick. And you can't look for sympathy either. "

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" 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. "

John Lydon

Universe

Music

Listening

" I could never be a member of a single party. I want the best of all worlds, thank you. "

" If you can sort out why you feel the way you do then you might be in better shape to meet your maker. "

" I love discordancy. It makes people ill at ease and wakes up a part of their brain that's normally asleep. "

" People don't like other poor people, and rather than blame the people that make you all poor, you blame each other. "

" I like America's diversity and its landscapes. "

John Lydon

Landscapes

Diversity

" I love being alive so much. When you come out of comas in your childhood, every moment awake is a joyous occasion. "

" 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. "

" People should never allow themselves to be dictated to by media. "

" I don't release records to be anything but enjoyable. "

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

" Art should be life. It's an imitation of life. It should have some humanity in it. "

" I have a sensible set of values that tell me to never lie. "

John Lydon

Sensible

Lie

" My biggest fear is mindlessly and stupidly repeating myself. "

" U2 - that's a band that never should have existed. There's no life experience in any of their songs. "

John Lydon

Experience

Band

" Having a birthday cake squashed into your face by young kids? Delicious. I always don a Santa suit at Christmas. Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence. "

" 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. "

" 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 love books, and all the best ones are people analysing their own emotions. You can learn from that. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm in England so often I haven't really left, but Americans aren't at all like they're misrepresented through their politicians. "

John Lydon

Left

Through

" I've always said, I thought the Sex Pistols was more Music Hall than anything else - because I think that really, more truths are said in humour than any other form. "

" Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed. "

" When I write, my brain moves faster than my hands so I'm always trying to picture things. "

" It's a repressive society where you can't be horrible, I'm not horrible, they made me horrible, I'm just honest. "

John Lydon

Horrible

Society

" Love is 2 minutes and 52 seconds of squelching noises. "

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

" 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. "