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" Look, if the Situationists achieved what they wanted, they would be very unhappy and they would have to be Situationists all over again. It's a never-ending process. "

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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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" My entire life, socially, was all around the Maggie era. That was the great challenge as a Sex Pistol was how to deal with Margaret Thatcher. I think we did rather good. "

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

" I don't have huge bank accounts. I'd love one. But it wouldn't change much. I don't have any expensive habits. I'm not a car collector or any of that nonsense. But I'd love to be incredibly wealthy for no reason at all. "

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

" I always knew the Sixties wasn't a revolution. It really was just a bunch of university students with wealthy parents having fun. "

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

" I've never said I'm a communist. "

" Situationism is a ludicrous proposition. It's ill-formed and it's perfectly French. That Gallic disposition towards common sense. L'Anarchie! "

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

" Pop music I have always loved best. "

" 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. "

" One of the most beautiful things about Britain, apart from the NHS and the free education, is the British Army. "

" My way of thinking as I approach any human being on this planet is, 'What are you doing now?' That's what interests me. I don't come at anybody with a whole bunch of assumptions. "

John Lydon

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You

" 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. "

" Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence. "

" 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 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'm not blowing my own trumpet here, but I made a rap song 20 years ago with Afrika Bambaataa. "

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

" Don't accept the old order. Get rid of it. "

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

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

" The joy of life is in the work. "

" I always find the mirror in the dressing room is where the best artists are. "

" Live music is healthy. "

" If I'm left to my own devices, I will be tempted to make the most unlistenable music possible. "

" You know, I've been to some superstars' houses, and I've been really disgusted when I see their platinum discs hanging in the toilet. They're just there on the walls glaring at you when you're trying to be occupied with other things. "

" 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. "

John Lydon

You

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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. "