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John Lydon Biography

John Joseph Lydon (born 31 January 1956), also known by his stage name Johnny Rotten, is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead singer of the late-1970s British punk band the Sex Pistols, which lasted from 1975 until 1978, and again for various revivals during the 1990s and 2000s. He is also the lead singer of post-punk band Public Image Ltd (PiL), which he founded and fronted from 1978 until 1993, and again since 2009. Since 2013 Lydon has held British, Irish and American citizenship.

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Punks in their silly leather jackets are a cliché. I have never liked the term and have never discussed it. I just got on with it and got out of it when it became a competition.

Competition, Leather Jackets, Punks, Silly, Term

Punk was never about one particular clean-cut imagery. . . it's about many, many individuals coming very loosely together.

Cutting, Imagery, Individuals, Loosely, Punk, Together

Analog, electronic, whatever it happens to be, I simply love and adore literally every aspect of making music.

Adore, Analog, Aspect, Love, Music, Simply Love

If my leg falls off, I'll get a prosthetic. There'd be no deep sadness about. I'd just get on with it! It's called life, and I love life. You have to be positive, and you have to crack on no matter what.

Deep, Fall, Love, Love Life, Sadness

Anybody who says, "Look, John, I'm a politician. Don't believe a word I say," is a friend of mine.

Believe, Friend, Look, Looks, Politician, Says

I have no time for lies and fantasy, and neither should you. Enjoy or die.

Die, Enjoy, Fantasy, Lying, Should

'Lollipop Opera' is the backdrop to Finsbury Park. A place that is very thriving, interracial and lot of music stores, Greek, Turkish, all sorts of immigrant music. It's utter Englishness. It blends the Jamaicans, the Irish. It's like what Jim Reeves did with American country music.

Country, Greek, Immigrant, Jamaicans, Lollipop, Place

Love is 2 minutes and 52 seconds of squelching noises.

Love Is, Noise, Noises, Rotten, Seconds, Squelching

I never take any commitment lightly, and I certainly don’t take my wife lightly. I never did and I never will. That’s permanent. That’s true love.

Commitment, My Wife, Permanent, Take, Wife

I never wore a studded leather jacket, y'know. Ne-va!

Jacket, Jackets, Leather, Leather Jackets, Studded

I don't tolerate liars. When somebody lies to me, that's really, like, just unbearable.

Liars, Like, Lying, Somebody, Unbearable

I applaud the effort it takes to put a record together.

Applaud, Effort, Record, Records, Together

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 in PiL-zone, because influences can poison your well. Otherwise, I listen to anything.

Human, Ideas, Inspiration, Poison

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 to what I do, thats why people accuse me of being calculated. it's the way I am. I always know my next move. I could never conjure up a death wish, this is all I have is life. I don't know what comes next, and frankly I'm in no rush to find out. I don't believe in playing a martyr just for the sheer hell of it. And for something as chidish as Rock 'N' Roll is not on.

Believe, Hell, Moving, Next Move, Place, Point

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

Care, Living, Mean, Moving, Nice

I like lime-flavoured yoghurt. The end. There is no religion. It’s a man-made fabrication. Once you understand that, you’ll be a happier individual. Atheism is as pointless as satanism.

Atheism, Individual, Men, Youll

My reputation is a media creation.

Creation, Media, Reputation

Michael Jackson plays the wounded puppy very well. 'I must be the loneliest man in the world'. Well, you're not a man. And the loneliness is self inflicted, so sod off you pathetic puerile pimp. I wonder what color his willy is.

Inflicted, Loneliness, Men, Self, Willy, Wonder

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 from being a socialist.

Back, Dog, Dogs, Feudalism, Needs, Want

I'm not able to tell you what the best song is yet, because there's more to come. I feel that in me. I can still feel the burning energy and the desire to create and create and create.

Burning, Desire, Energy, Song

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