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
sex silly people
What do you have to do to get people to take an interest? I'm not going to go out and cause a silly sex scandal just to sell a record!
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.
song concerts certain
As a young concert-going person, I was never enamoured with celebrities who would walk out to feature in certain songs and then walk off.
simply-love aspect adore
Analog, electronic, whatever it happens to be, I simply love and adore literally every aspect of making music.
fun long mountain
I love American ski resorts because they're open to everyone, are not incredibly expensive. They're not snobby and you can have fun all day long on the most excellent mountains.
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.
sympathy nice looks
It's no good being nice and young and naive. There's no good in that at all. You've got to do it all yourself, and you've gotta learn quick. And you can't look for sympathy either.
morning years joy
I went to visit Alcatraz years ago when I was on tour with the Pistols, and I really liked the atmosphere of the place. I genuinely, really, thoroughly enjoyed the whole morning there. I just liked the quietness and stillness of what is basically a cruel prison complex. I still found some kind of joy in that. That's how I am.
sex thinking pistols
I've always said, I thought the Sex Pistols was more Music Hall than anything else - because I think that really, more truths are said in humour than any other form.
song thinking years
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.
childhood alive moments
I love being alive so much. When you come out of comas in your childhood, every moment awake is a joyous occasion.
opportunity going-away want
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.
artist mirrors rooms
I always find the mirror in the dressing room is where the best artists are.
play noise bunch
Here's how I understand music. If you can play the same bunch of noise twice, it's music. To go beyond that is supercilious and pontificating.