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"Would the king of punks be a cliché? Oh, no, vicar."
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"Are you really going to hand over the White House to a real estate agent? [...] I want a wig just like that one."
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John Joseph Lydon, also known by his former stage name Johnny Rotten, is an English-born singer, songwriter, author, and television personality. He was the lead vocalist of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols, which was active from 1975 to 1978, and again for various revivals during the 1990s and 2000s. He is also the lead vocalist of post-punk band Public Image Ltd (PiL), which he founded and fron
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"Englands a violent place. Too violent for me. Thats why I prefer it here (the USA). For a gun-toting nation, Americans are surprisingly passive. This place suits me and the wife."
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"Punk is like looking at a mirror. I already have a mirror so I dont need the Offspring to remind me how gorgeous I am."
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"[Replying to the question of the presenter: "where did the name "Sex Pistols" come from, who thought this name up?"] Some animal. I cant remember. It doesnt matter. Its history."
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"The only things I’ve ever confronted are institutions, religion, politics, but never my fellow human beings, and yet my fellow human beings find the need to defend those very things that are restricting their freedoms. God, that sounds like a speech. Should I run for president?"
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"[On the lyrics of his songs] They meant a lot to my generation. And its nice to know youve written songs that mean something to someone rather than some trivial pop dirge. Im not thriving off a career slagging off the Queen. I think I have something valid to say. My words are my bullets. I like to brag that somehow I got it right."
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