Quotes by John Lydon

About John Lydon:

John Joseph Lydon is an English singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer of the punk rock band Sex Pistols from 1975 until 1978, and again for various revivals during the 1990s and 2000s. He is the lead singer of the post-punk band Public Image Ltd (PiL), which he founded and fronted from 1978 until 1993, and again since 2009.
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Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed.

John Lydon

If you have something to say then you want someone to pay attention or at least to have the opportunity for them to tell you to shut up and go away.

John Lydon

There are some Rolling Stones songs that are just stunners.

John Lydon

I have a sensible set of values that tell me to never lie.

John Lydon

I've always despised the hippies.

John Lydon

You can always wake up on the wrong side of the bed and, boo-hiss, everyone suffers. We can all be temperamental.

John Lydon

Every single lyric I've ever written I meant.

John Lydon

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

John Lydon

If you were to look back at me as a school kid you'd see a very quiet little church mouse kind of character.

John Lydon

The day I run out of ideas is the day I stop making records.

John Lydon

I've never said I'm a communist.

John Lydon

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

John Lydon

There's many, many ways to write a song. But generally, sitting down at a table and writing is not one of them.

John Lydon

I think there's something basically wrong with the general public that they do need their icons.

John Lydon

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 a desert island, I don't think I'd want 10 songs to bring with me.

John Lydon

When you grew up like me and my four brothers, you end up feeling somewhat inadequate, like somehow you don't count.

John Lydon

I've created several musical trends, really. That's not because I'm so far out and fabulous. It's because most bands have no ideas of their own. They're so desperate they'll grab at any old straw.

John Lydon

I think I have something valid to say. My words are my bullets. I like to brag that somehow I got it right.

John Lydon

If you can sort out why you feel the way you do then you might be in better shape to meet your maker.

John Lydon

Just because people think politically different to you doesn't mean they're inhuman.

John Lydon

I've done no harm to no one. In fact, I think I've improved the world.

John Lydon

Author Bio

  • NameJohn Lydon
  • DescriptionEnglish rock musician
  • AliasesJohnny Rotten
  • BornJanuary 31, 1956
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionSinger-songwriter; Television Presenter