Being irish Quote 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,…

— 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.

— 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…

— John Lydon

Stroll into work at 10. Lunch from 12 till three. Leave work at five. That's living!

— John Lydon

Live music is healthy.

— 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.

— 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…

— John Lydon

This is a very difficult thing to remain independent and persistent.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— John Lydon