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" Punk was never about one particular clean-cut imagery... it's about many, many individuals coming very loosely together. "
John Lydon
Never
Imagery
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" I've been asked over the years to compile a list of desert-island discs. I couldn't do that. If I was trapped on a desert island, I don't think I'd want 10 songs to bring with me. "
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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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" 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. "
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" 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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" Being born into the Royal Family is like being born into a mental asylum. Marrying into it is not something to be taken lightly. "
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" For me, the best rock is not what you play - it's what you're not playing. "
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" I applaud the effort it takes to put a record together. "
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" I love discordancy. It makes people ill at ease and wakes up a part of their brain that's normally asleep. "
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" For a gun-toting nation, Americans are surprisingly passive. "
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" One of the most beautiful things about Britain, apart from the NHS and the free education, is the British Army. "
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" There's many, many ways to write a song. But generally, sitting down at a table and writing is not one of them. "
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" I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine. "
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" I love pop music. It's not easy to write a good pop song. "
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" The record companies fell apart - quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop. "
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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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" People think I hate the Royal Family, but that's not true. "
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" Britain's an island; it's always had a constant ebb and flow of immigration - it makes it a better place. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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