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> [Stroll into work at 10. Lunch from 12 till three. Leave work at five. That's living!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lydon/stroll-into-work-at-10-lunch-from-12-till-three-leave-work-at-five/)

[John Lydon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lydon/)

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> [Move to Italy. I mean it: they know about living in debt; they don't care. I stayed out there for five months while I was making a film called 'Order Of Death,' and they've really got it sussed. Nice cars.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lydon/move-to-italy-i-mean-it-they-know-about-living-in-debt-they-don-t/)

[John Lydon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lydon/)

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## More by John Lydon

> [Music is escapism from the grim realities of life. But then as soon as you escape into the music, from my point of view,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lydon/music-is-escapism-from-the-grim-realities-of-life-but-then-as-soon-as/)

[John Lydon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lydon/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lydon/i-m-not-one-for-like-soul-searching-sour-fizzy-moments-i-come-from/)

[John Lydon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lydon/)

> [All the things that you would have thought would have made me a professional A1 criminal... wrong. I decided that was too lazy and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lydon/all-the-things-that-you-would-have-thought-would-have-made-me-a/)

[John Lydon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lydon/)

> [Stroll into work at 10. Lunch from 12 till three. Leave work at five. That's living!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lydon/stroll-into-work-at-10-lunch-from-12-till-three-leave-work-at-five/)

[John Lydon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lydon/)

> [Live music is healthy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lydon/live-music-is-healthy/)

[John Lydon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lydon/)

> [I never wore a studded leather jacket, y'know. Ne-va! If I had had the money I wouldn't have spent it on shit like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lydon/i-never-wore-a-studded-leather-jacket-y-know-ne-va-if-i-had-had-the/)

[John Lydon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lydon/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lydon/i-ve-always-strived-to-maintain-a-very-healthy-friendly-working/)

[John Lydon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lydon/)

> [This is a very difficult thing to remain independent and persistent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lydon/this-is-a-very-difficult-thing-to-remain-independent-and-persistent/)

[John Lydon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lydon/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lydon/a-record-company-used-to-be-a-very-good-thing-but-they-ended-up-soul/)

[John Lydon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lydon/)

> [Destroy everything. That's all well and fine, but you got to offer something in it's place. Since I always have a point and purpose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lydon/destroy-everything-that-s-all-well-and-fine-but-you-got-to-offer/)

[John Lydon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lydon/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lydon/for-me-people-are-people-without-meaning-to-sound-corny-it-s-a-plain/)

[John Lydon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lydon/)

> [I'm not great at dealing with death, I have to say. I find death very hard: my mum, my dad, Sid Vicious. I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lydon/i-m-not-great-at-dealing-with-death-i-have-to-say-i-find-death-very/)

[John Lydon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lydon/)

> [The joy of life is in the work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lydon/the-joy-of-life-is-in-the-work/)

[John Lydon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lydon/)

> [I have a sensible set of values that tell me to never lie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lydon/i-have-a-sensible-set-of-values-that-tell-me-to-never-lie/)

[John Lydon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lydon/)

> [I always knew the Sixties wasn't a revolution. It really was just a bunch of university students with wealthy parents having fun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lydon/i-always-knew-the-sixties-wasn-t-a-revolution-it-really-was-just-a/)

[John Lydon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lydon/)

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