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" You gotta bear in mind, the youth - and this is just in Britain alone - have nowhere to go in the evenings. They've closed all the social centers. There's not even a patch of grass to kick a ball on. "

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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. "

John Lydon

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Way

Done

" 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. "

" Being born into the Royal Family is like being born into a mental asylum. Marrying into it is not something to be taken lightly. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I showed what I can do with butter, right? Eighty-five percent increase in sales. I'm very proud of them Country Life ads. They were funny and clever and classy like the Toblerone ads I grew up with. "

" Situationism is a ludicrous proposition. It's ill-formed and it's perfectly French. That Gallic disposition towards common sense. L'Anarchie! "

" Every single lyric I've ever written I meant. "

" If anyone asks for your autograph they're showing you respect and give it back to them. "

" I was brought up and raised in Britain as a Labour man, and that quickly changed. And I find there are more working-class people in the Conservative Party than the Labour party. "

" I love consumerism, TV culture, shopping malls. There's nothing I'd ever buy, but I like being there. It's wacky. "

John Lydon

Culture

Shopping

" You can always wake up on the wrong side of the bed and, boo-hiss, everyone suffers. We can all be temperamental. "

" 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. "

" If you can sort out why you feel the way you do then you might be in better shape to meet your maker. "

" I'm not blowing my own trumpet here, but I made a rap song 20 years ago with Afrika Bambaataa. "

" I cannot comprehend fundamentalism. It's fundamentally wrong. "

" 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. "

" The joy of life is in the work. "

" You'll find that empty vessels make the most sound. "

" 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. "

" I find Lady Gaga hilarious. And I kind of like her. My heart's warmed to her. "

" Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative. "

" Live music is healthy. "

" Heaven is on this earth. There are no angels on the clouds with twanging harps... That's just another man's fantasy. "

" If you were to look back at me as a school kid you'd see a very quiet little church mouse kind of character. "

John Lydon

Church

You

" 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. "

" 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. "

" As a human being, I'm work in process. "

" Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence. "

" I mean, the genuine roots of culture is folk music. "