Do what I want, be honest to myself and then it would do good for others, that's all, full on. — John Lydon Copy Share Image
If you have something to say then you want someone to pay attention or at least to have the opportunity for them… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
We need wealthy dogs off the seats of power. They're taking us back to feudalism and I really don't want that. But… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
For me, I'll always stand up for the disenfranchised, and I'm going to make a big point of that. I'm not a… — 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
I could never be a member of a single party. I want the best of all worlds, thank you. — John Lydon Copy Share Image
I don't believe in anarchy, because it will ultimately amount to the power of the bully, with weapons. Gandhi is my life's… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
Me, as a human, I never want to take away another human being's choices or lifestyles or anything. — John Lydon Copy Share Image
What I like or dislike in music is my internal affair. I never want an audience out there to be influenced because… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
Punk became a circus didn't it? Everybody got it wrong. The message was supposed to be: Don't follow us, do what you… — 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've been asked over the years to compile a list of desert-island discs. I couldn't do that. If I was trapped on… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
I don't need a Rolls-Royce, I don't need a house in the country, I don't need to live in the south of… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
The real color of my hair is mouse. I always want to be ginger, which I was when I was born, or… — 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
