John Lydon
John Lydon
John Joseph Lydon, also known by his former stage name Johnny Rotten, is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as the lead singer of the late 1970's 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, which he founded and fronted from 1978 until 1993, and again since 2009...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth31 January 1956
love two fifty
Love is two minutes and fifty-two seconds of squishy sounds.
song writing epic
There's many, many ways to write a song. But generally, sitting down at a table and writing is not one of them.
running ideas records
The day I run out of ideas is the day I stop making records.
dense
Obama's dense as a doorbell; not much going on up there - it's a wooden top.
sex fake pistols
We're Sex Pistols, we ain't fake.
mirrors needs gorgeous
Punk is like looking at a mirror. I already have a mirror so I don't need the Offspring to remind me how gorgeous I am.
sound
The sounds of anger are not melodic.
real color hair
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 live in L.A., and I want to look like I go surfing without any physical effort.
writing people competition
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 to break barriers in music and do good things and write great lyrics, not one of them would ever pass the first round on any of these competitions.
laughing alive world
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 what I will achieve. I love being alive so much.
years cynical television
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 will defend myself.
ipods people listening
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 iPod uniting us. In fact it separates us, the streets are full of people bumping into lamp posts, listening to their own little universe, and there's no sharing in that.
love dog feels
Love is what you feel for a dog or a pussycat. It doesn't apply to humans.
song feelings matter
I'm aware of my songs. I'm aware of them because they're about true emotions, true feelings, things that matter.