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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. "
John Lydon
Upside Down
World
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" 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. "
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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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" I don't release records to be anything but enjoyable. "
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" There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it. "
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" There's no harm in me. Really, I'm just a big kid. "
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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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" A record company used to be a very good thing, but they ended up soul-destroyingly trapping people in the accounting department. And you couldn't get any further, and the heads of each department were changing all the time, so you couldn't have any permanent relationship within the corporation. "
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" I don't think there's any such thing as rock n' roll anymore - it's an amalgamation of business interests. "
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" Books are like my one and only joy. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm in England so often I haven't really left, but Americans aren't at all like they're misrepresented through their politicians. "
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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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" Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative. "
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" 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. "
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" U2 - that's a band that never should have existed. There's no life experience in any of their songs. "
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" If you can sort out why you feel the way you do then you might be in better shape to meet your maker. "
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" Punk was never about one particular clean-cut imagery... it's about many, many individuals coming very loosely together. "
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" Obama's dense as a doorbell; not much going on up there - it's a wooden top. "
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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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" When you come from desperate poverty, and that's exactly what I come from, you know that nonsenses are not to be tolerated. I'm not sure who gains from chaos, but I know it's not the poor folks in the council flats. The politics of vindictiveness is never, ever anything like a solution. "
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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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" I'm 100% proud of the TV work I achieved. The work I did on shows on insects and Great White sharks... stuff that's in school curriculums in England. Now they are showing up on Discovery Channel. "
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" Occasionally, a re-enactment is a fine thing. I love Civil War re-enactments. "
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