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
pops pop-music
Pop music I have always loved best.
if-there-is-a-god brain limits
There are no limits to where our brains can take us. We are, if there be a God, God's gracious creation.
leather-jackets leather jackets
I never wore a studded leather jacket, y'know. Ne-va!
devices tempted ifs
If I'm left to my own devices, I will be tempted to make the most unlistenable music possible.
rotten middle left
Do not stand in the middle, go to the right or to the left.
mtv agency video
Anyone who's parading under a $100,00-plus video is not free from corporate. That's just the MTV advertising agency. I find them all to be just a bit of a sham.
lunch nice-cars three
Stroll into work at 10. Lunch from 12 till three. Leave work at five. That's living!
choices want lifestyle
Me, as a human, I never want to take away another human being's choices or lifestyles or anything.
shopping tvs culture
I love consumerism, TV culture, shopping malls. There's nothing I'd ever buy, but I like being there. It's wacky.
simply-love aspect adore
Analog, electronic, whatever it happens to be, I simply love and adore literally every aspect of making music.
rotten honest made
It's a repressive society where you can't be horrible, I'm not horrible, they made me horrible, I'm just honest.
constantly fight rest
We constantly have to fight off allegations, when we've done nothing wrong. When frankly, it's the rest of the world.
absurd anybody becomes steal turned
I've turned arrogance into an artform, where it's so absurd that it becomes comedy. But I've never done anything to hurt anybody or steal from anyone.
bank car change collector expensive huge incredibly love reason wealthy
I don't have huge bank accounts. I'd love one. But it wouldn't change much. I don't have any expensive habits. I'm not a car collector or any of that nonsense. But I'd love to be incredibly wealthy for no reason at all.