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" Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence. "
John Lydon
State
Childish
Innocence
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" I don't like the monikers, and I don't like being pigeonholed. You know, I'm a human being. "
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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 mean, the genuine roots of culture is folk music. "
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" I cannot comprehend fundamentalism. It's fundamentally wrong. "
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" I went to visit Alcatraz years ago when I was on tour with the Pistols, and I really liked the atmosphere of the place. I genuinely, really, thoroughly enjoyed the whole morning there. I just liked the quietness and stillness of what is basically a cruel prison complex. I still found some kind of joy in that. That's how I am. "
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" There are some Rolling Stones songs that are just stunners. "
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" Me, as a human, I never want to take away another human being's choices or lifestyles or anything. "
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" I hate death; it takes people away from you. You're left feeling rudderless. "
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" I love pop music. It's not easy to write a good pop song. "
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" Music is a simulation of something, but language is the greatest thing we possess. "
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" 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. "
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" There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it. "
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" I've been in very many situations where I've not liked the other members of the band or they have not liked me. I grew up presuming that's the way music was made. It doesn't need to be that way. It's taken me years years to find that out. "
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" I don't release records to be anything but enjoyable. "
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" 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. "
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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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" You'd have to be daft as a brush to say you didn't like Pink Floyd. "
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" The joy of life is in the work. "
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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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" 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. "
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You
" I don't believe in pets. I like animals to be wild and free. "
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" Pop music I have always loved best. But the more extreme, fascist-led examples of the music business I tend to detest the most. "
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" 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. "
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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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" Listen, you know this: If there's not a rebellious youth culture, there's no culture at all. It's absolutely essential. It is the future. This is what we're supposed to do as a species, is advance ideas. "
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" For a gun-toting nation, Americans are surprisingly passive. "
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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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