Latest John Lydon Quotes from Interviews

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• Anybody who says, "Look, John, I'm a politician. Don't believe a word I say," is a friend of mine.

  John Lydon

  Believe, Looks, Politician

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

• That's where money comes from, you work hard and you earn and then you spend it on correct things, and Public Image is a correct thing.

  John Lydon

  Hard Work, Public Image, Hard

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

• I will always pay respect and homage to my early years, because that's what gave me the initial push to go on and do what it is I do. That's where I learned the love and respect for music.

  John Lydon

  Years, Goes On, Pay

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

• I've always strived to maintain a very healthy, friendly working situation, and lo and behold, it only took forty years, so the next sixty are looking bright. You're dealing with human beings on the cutting edge, and there's bound to be tension. You have to be make room for that, and you can't be too unreasonable, because that's everybody else's role.

  John Lydon

  Cutting, Years, Healthy

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

• It's quite sad to see how many people I've known over that years that just die off, you know like wilted flowers. Well, there's something to be said for flowers in the dustbin.

  John Lydon

  Flower, Years, People

  Source: mojo20.com

• I don't understand the art of compromise, and it's a shame the politicians don't understand that as well, you know, we might have a better, clearer world. But then saying that, we might also get a lot of Donald Trump's running left right and centre.

  John Lydon

  Running, Art, World

  Source: mojo20.com

• I'm not one for like soul-searching, sour fizzy moments. I come from the school of hard knocks, "f**king get on with it", that's it.

  John Lydon

  Kings, School, Soul

  Source: mojo20.com

• For me, the anarchy movement is hilarious. It's all under .org, which is of course government sponsored websites, and then they're all wearing corporate clothing from the Dr.Martin's to the back sacks and the cell phones, they're all flying around on corporate jets and using corporate highways. Very anarchistic!

  John Lydon

  Phones, Government, Cells

  Source: mojo20.com

• It's an absurdity to just wish for a world of chaos without anything viable in its place. I'm loyal to my culture, my creed, the human race and my people and I don't want to see them all end up in a Mad Max movie.

  John Lydon

  Race, People, Mad

  Source: mojo20.com

• I come from the school of do it yourself mate. Unfortunately over the years there's been quite a few of, "Can you do it for us Johnny, so we can grab all your glory?".

  John Lydon

  School, Years, Glory

  Source: mojo20.com

• I don't mind dancing the robot if the chemicals are ok, but beyond that the robot will not pull my strings.

  John Lydon

  Dancing, Mind, Robots

  Source: mojo20.com

• If you really want the truth of anything, don't use Wikipedia.

  John Lydon

  Wikipedia, Use, Want

  Source: mojo20.com

• For me all governments are my enemies and I've never made any bones about it any other way other than directly, and I don't fly the left flag or the right flag, me, I'm common sense.

  John Lydon

  Government, Common Sense, Enemy

  Source: mojo20.com

• For me people are people, without meaning to sound corny, it's a plain natural fact, music is a universal language and I've always known that and observed that and treated music with great respect accordingly.

  John Lydon

  People, Sound, Facts

  Source: mojo20.com

• The greatest achievement of my life is enduring a disease that nearly killed me. I came out of it a better person. It's my one great accomplishment - more so than anything else I've done.

  John Lydon

  Accomplishment, Achievement, Disease

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• A healthy mind can live in an unhealthy body.

  John Lydon

  Healthy, Mind, Body

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• It seems like the more I punish myself, the better it's been. What it is, I'm relentless and I never give up. I never take the easy way out.

  John Lydon

  Giving Up, Way, Easy

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• I'm a great self-doubter. I constantly need to prove myself to myself. I've never run to heroin or alcohol to hide that. I always have to deal with it. Stage fright is always going to be there. I have nightmares about bad gigs.

  John Lydon

  Running, Self, Alcohol

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• I have the integrity of a teenager and that's never going to be stolen from me. I'm the original virgin.

  John Lydon

  Integrity, Teenager, Stolen

  Source: www.axs.com

• This is a very difficult thing to remain independent and persistent.

  John Lydon

  Independent, Difficult, Persistent

  Source: www.axs.com

• What goes on in the world and who's defining what is right or wrong in anything? Is there a place in any of our existence where we need judgment any longer? But we should have empathy towards each other and break away from those categories that politics and religion keep throwing back at us.

  John Lydon

  Should Have, Empathy, Goes On

  Source: www.axs.com

• Let's escape the past. The past didn't work. All we have is the future, and I'm the one who wrote "no future for you!" Don't let the irony be lost.

  John Lydon

  Past, Irony, Lost

  Source: www.axs.com

• Some of us are born big-minded with small penises. Others have big penises and small-minded.

  John Lydon

  Born, Bigs

  Source: www.axs.com

• I'm not limited to categories or genres. Anything human beings come up with fascinates me. If a three-legged idiot like me can dance to it, then that's all well and fine.

  John Lydon

  Three, Idiot, Fine

  Source: www.axs.com

• The way the music industry is now geared, it's fewer accolades towards new and upcoming acts. New bands offer bright creativity. It's a set format. A venue would rather hire a DJ than a band, and that's a problem.

  John Lydon

  Creativity, Band, Way

  Source: www.axs.com