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" Obama's dense as a doorbell; not much going on up there - it's a wooden top. "
John Lydon
Going
Much
Wooden
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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. "
John Lydon
Need
Us
Want
" Over the years, during television interviews, whenever the host or the reviewer or whoever gets cynical and nasty with me, I will behave accordingly. I will defend myself. "
John Lydon
Me
Will
Television
" Me, as a human, I never want to take away another human being's choices or lifestyles or anything. "
John Lydon
Away
Human
Choices
" I hate death; it takes people away from you. You're left feeling rudderless. "
John Lydon
Hate
Death
You
" Move to Italy. I mean it: they know about living in debt; they don't care. I stayed out there for five months while I was making a film called 'Order Of Death,' and they've really got it sussed. Nice cars. Sharp suits. Great food. Stroll into work at 10. Lunch from 12 till three. Leave work at five. That's living! "
John Lydon
Care
Death
Lunch
" I've never said I'm a communist. "
John Lydon
Never
Communist
Said
" 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
" Dummy Dum Dum was my nickname for years at school. I was the strange one of the family, the one who couldn't remember his name. "
John Lydon
Name
Family
Strange
" Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence. "
John Lydon
State
Childish
Innocence
" 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. "
John Lydon
Always
Way
Done
" 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. "
John Lydon
You
True
Fear
" Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative. "
John Lydon
Boring
You
Society
" I have a sensible set of values that tell me to never lie. "
John Lydon
Sensible
Lie
Me
" People think I hate the Royal Family, but that's not true. "
John Lydon
Royal
People
Hate
" 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. "
John Lydon
Space
Respect
Religion
" It's volatile, the marriage. Which one isn't? Nothing better than a good, full-on row. Get it all out. Say rude and nasty things. And then be sorry. Genuinely sorry, afterwards. "
John Lydon
Marriage
Better
Good
" There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it. "
John Lydon
Nothing
Anyone
Dying
" When you grew up like me and my four brothers, you end up feeling somewhat inadequate, like somehow you don't count. I was very ill as a child and in and out of hospital. That sort of alienates you, and in my songs I put that to good use. "
John Lydon
Good
You
Me
" If you ever want to know why I'm not on a record label, look at 'The X Factor!' Honestly, of all the people that strive to break barriers in music and do good things and write great lyrics, not one of them would ever pass the first round on any of these competitions. "
John Lydon
Great
Music
Good Things
" Do what I want, be honest to myself and then it would do good for others, that's all, full on. "
John Lydon
Then
Good
Myself
" 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. "
John Lydon
Change
Love
Habits
" 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. "
John Lydon
Time
Life
Smile
" You can always wake up on the wrong side of the bed and, boo-hiss, everyone suffers. We can all be temperamental. "
John Lydon
Wake Up
Always
Bed
" Just because people think politically different to you doesn't mean they're inhuman. "
John Lydon
You
Think
People
" I don't like the monikers, and I don't like being pigeonholed. You know, I'm a human being. "
John Lydon
You
Human
Human Being
" 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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Stage
Wicked
Day
" Heaven is on this earth. There are no angels on the clouds with twanging harps... That's just another man's fantasy. "
John Lydon
Just
Man
Heaven
" Until I see an Arab country, a Muslim country, with a democracy, I won't understand how anyone can have a problem with how they're treated. "
John Lydon
Democracy
Country
Understand
" Live music is healthy. "
John Lydon
Music
Live Music
Live
" 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.' "
John Lydon
You
Nice
Say