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" Me, as a human, I never want to take away another human being's choices or lifestyles or anything. "
John Lydon
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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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" 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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" Here's how I understand music. If you can play the same bunch of noise twice, it's music. To go beyond that is supercilious and pontificating. "
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" Do not stand in the middle, go to the right or to the left. "
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" I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine. "
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" I've turned arrogance into an artform, where it's so absurd that it becomes comedy. But I've never done anything to hurt anybody or steal from anyone. "
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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 don't believe in pets. I like animals to be wild and free. "
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" 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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" I hate the technological rip-offs that pass for music formats these days, and go back to vinyl to hear a good record because the sound is always so much fuller. I don't even like listening to music in the car. "
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" 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. "
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" No matter what you experience in life, it incorporates political tendencies, and in so many ways. "
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" I don't tolerate liars. When somebody lies to me, that's really, like, just unbearable. "
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" I always knew the Sixties wasn't a revolution. It really was just a bunch of university students with wealthy parents having fun. "
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" When I write, my brain moves faster than my hands so I'm always trying to picture things. "
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Always
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" Let's face it, I ain't ever gonna be the best singer in the world, or the best anything. "
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" It's quite clear to me I'm not a sexist and I'm not a misogynist. "
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" I keep falling off the edge of the stage because I can't see it. I can't see my wrinkles in the mirror either, though. "
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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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" Occasionally, a re-enactment is a fine thing. I love Civil War re-enactments. "
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" Love is 2 minutes and 52 seconds of squelching noises. "
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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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" I mean, the genuine roots of culture is folk music. "
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" I like crazy people, especially those who don't see the risk. "
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" I'm sort of of the belief that people kill themselves from the inside out. When they're unhappy with what they're doing, or not achieving things - when your focus is off-kilter. The thing that keeps me ticking is my values. And I maintain them, because they're worthy. I like to wake up and feel I've done no wrong. I like that feeling. "
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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 love consumerism, TV culture, shopping malls. There's nothing I'd ever buy, but I like being there. It's wacky. "
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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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