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
wall house trying
You know, I've been to some superstars' houses, and I've been really disgusted when I see their platinum discs hanging in the toilet. They're just there on the walls glaring at you when you're trying to be occupied with other things.
writing self laziness
Periods of inactivity, I don't know such things. I'm consistently writing. My life is busy. It always is. There are hardly any moments for self-indulgent laziness.
party men class
I was brought up and raised in Britain as a Labour man, and that quickly changed. And I find there are more working-class people in the Conservative Party than the Labour party.
suffering wicked goes-on
I've never told anyone this. But I suffer from terrible stage fright. True. You can't tell though, can you? Unbelievable, the panic. I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. It'd make me vomit.
records nonsense contracts
The record companies fell apart - quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop.
mean roots culture
I mean, the genuine roots of culture is folk music.
catholic vindictive horrible
I had an Irish Catholic education. Horrible nuns, vindictive and cruel.
lying never-lie sensible
I have a sensible set of values that tell me to never lie.
records release enjoyable
I don't release records to be anything but enjoyable.
humans human-beings knows
I don't like the monikers, and I don't like being pigeonholed. You know, I'm a human being.
song grief past
You have moments of grief in life, and if you can put pen to paper and capture that, that's something wonderful. I can revisit actual songs about past deaths, and I know that emotion is as true now as it was then.
car nonsense habit
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.
mind balls nowhere-to-go
You gotta bear in mind, the youth - and this is just in Britain alone - have nowhere to go in the evenings. They've closed all the social centers. There's not even a patch of grass to kick a ball on.
song stones rolling
There are some Rolling Stones songs that are just stunners.