Music can describe emotions far more accurately than words ever can. As soon as I realised that, I knew music was where I wanted to be.
— John Lydon
Do not stand in the middle, go to the right or to the left.
If you give me the chance, I'll destroy America for you.
It's a repressive society where you can't be horrible, I'm not horrible, they made me horrible, I'm just honest.
If you were to look back at me as a school kid you'd see a very quiet little church mouse kind of character.
Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative.
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.
I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine.
I'm no one's lap dog, you can't put me on a leash.
Do what I want, be honest to myself and then it would do good for others, that's all, full on.
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.
Don't accept the old order. Get rid of it.
The day I run out of ideas is the day I stop making records.
I think national pride leads to nothing but wars and hate.
You'll find that empty vessels make the most sound.
People don't like other poor people, and rather than blame the people that make you all poor, you blame each other.
There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it.
Love is 2 minutes and 52 seconds of squelching noises.
