A record company used to be a very good thing, but they ended up soul-destroyingly trapping people in the accounting department. And… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
Destroy everything. That's all well and fine, but you got to offer something in it's place. Since I always have a point… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
For me people are people, without meaning to sound corny, it's a plain natural fact, music is a universal language and I've… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
Records were vitally important to the development of music and of all music cultures. With that being pushed by the wayside, I… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
I have one major problem with the internet: It's full of liars. There doesn't seem to be any way to answer to… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
It's an absurdity to just wish for a world of chaos without anything viable in its place. I'm loyal to my culture,… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
Just because people think politically different to you doesn't mean they're inhuman. — John Lydon Copy Share Image
What do you have to do to get people to take an interest? I'm not going to go out and cause a… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
The country you're born in is where your passport comes from. No, not according to Donald Trump! No, not at all. I… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
I'm sort of of the belief that people kill themselves from the inside out. When they're unhappy with what they're doing, or… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
It's quite sad to see how many people I've known over that years that just die off, you know like wilted flowers.… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
I love discordancy. It makes people ill at ease and wakes up a part of their brain that's normally asleep. — John Lydon Copy Share Image
I got into music by happenchance and luck and wearing a t-shirt with "I hate Pink Floyd" on it. The irony has… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
People don't like other poor people, and rather than blame the people that make you all poor, you blame each other. — John Lydon Copy Share Image
I love books, and all the best ones are people analysing their own emotions. You can learn from that. — John Lydon Copy Share Image
I hate death; it takes people away from you. You're left feeling rudderless. — John Lydon Copy Share Image
If you ever want to know why I'm not on a record label, look at 'The X Factor!' Honestly, of all the… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
I somehow hope - naïve though I may be, utopian, possibly - that my music has some kind of calming effect on… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
It's nice to be a part of history but people should get it right. I may not be perfect, but I'm bloody… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
I was brought up and raised in Britain as a Labour man, and that quickly changed. And I find there are more… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
I do use my music to entertain myself, as indeed I use other people's music. — John Lydon Copy Share Image
Music is escapism from the grim realities of life. But then as soon as you escape into the music, from my point of view,… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
All the things that you would have thought would have made me a professional A1 criminal... wrong. I decided that was too lazy and… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
Stroll into work at 10. Lunch from 12 till three. Leave work at five. That's living! — John Lydon Copy Share Image
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. — John Lydon Copy Share Image
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… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
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… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
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… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
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… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
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… — John Lydon Copy Share Image