All John Lydon Quotes
- 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 get… Accounting
- All the things that you would have thought would have made me a professional A1 criminal... wrong. I decided that was too lazy and easy,… All
- Any new ideas go into PiL. My inspiration is everything that the human being gets up to. I don't listen to any music when I'm… Any
- I've had great pleasure meeting the likes of Newt Gingrich and having a chat with the fellow on a staircase. I found him completely dishonest… Care
- I've helped launch 49 careers - those that have been in PiL. To me, they are my babies; whatever they get up to, they know… Babies
- I've never done anything deliberately; I just speak my mind, and that is what I consistently do and will always do in any way shape… Any
- If you ever want to know why I'm not on a record label, look at 'The X Factor!' Honestly, of all the people that strive… All
- It's volatile, the marriage. Which one isn't? Nothing better than a good, full-on row. Get it all out. Say rude and nasty things. And then… Afterwards
- 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… Called
- My entire life, socially, was all around the Maggie era. That was the great challenge as a Sex Pistol was how to deal with Margaret… All
- Oscar Wilde turned the world upside down and was able to laugh at it, and hopefully by the time I'm 120 and worn out, that's… Able
- Over the years, during television interviews, whenever the host or the reviewer or whoever gets cynical and nasty with me, I will behave accordingly. I… Accordingly
- Records were vitally important to the development of music and of all music cultures. With that being pushed by the wayside, I can't see an… All
- Some song ideas absolutely require a kind of rigid discipline, and others require absolute chaotic abandon. The form is only valid if you know how… Abandon
- The only good political movement I've seen lately was Occupy Wall Street. They had no leaders, which was genius. But unfortunately it always ends up… Always Ends
- The real color of my hair is mouse. I always want to be ginger, which I was when I was born, or blond, because I… Always Want
- The so-called alleged 'art' of the video - well, the video has killed the radio star, but the video star killed the live musician, et… Alleged
- These days young kids don't have any place to form an epic adventure. It's more often in front of the TV screen or a laptop.… Adventure
- We need wealthy dogs off the seats of power. They're taking us back to feudalism and I really don't want that. But I'm very far… Dog
- Words cannot express quite a lot of feelings, whereas a noise or tone or drone or sound, an accordion falling down a staircase, can somehow… Accordion
- You gotta bear in mind, the youth - and this is just in Britain alone - have nowhere to go in the evenings. They've closed… All
- You have moments of grief in life, and if you can put pen to paper and capture that, that's something wonderful. I can revisit actual… Actual
- You need the past as a guideline. The history of music is a good basis, but to escape that stuff, that tortuous rulebook, you have… Bases
- You're made to feel ugly, and I made ugly beautiful. Just by sheer persistence. Nobody has the right to say that I am ugly, and… Beautiful
- Meat isn't murder, it's delicious. Delicious