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
nice may-not-be-perfect people
It's nice to be a part of history but people should get it right. I may not be perfect, but I'm bloody close.
ideas government liberty
I'm not going to pontificate and tell you to execute your government at dawn, but it wouldn't be a bad idea.
music hate i-hate
I don't listen to music. I hate music.
forgiveness razors turn-the-other-cheek
Turn the other cheek too often and you get a razor through it.
kissing thinking should
You should never, ever be understood completely. That's like the kiss of death, isn't it? It's a full stop. I don't ever think you should put full stops on thoughts. They change.
cutting together punk
Punk was never about one particular clean-cut imagery... it's about many, many individuals coming very loosely together.
song stones rolling
There are some Rolling Stones songs that are just stunners.
food meat murder
Meat isn't murder, it's delicious.
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.
england heroin users
I could take on England, but I couldn't take on one heroin user.
sound
The sounds of anger are not melodic.
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.
biggest-fear
My biggest fear is mindlessly and stupidly repeating myself.