John Lydon Quotes

Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?

Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense.

If you are pissing people off, you know you are doing something right

When you talk like an asshole and look like an asshole, you're an asshole

Punk became a circus didn't it? Everybody got it wrong. The message was supposed to be: Don't follow us, do what you want!

I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine.

When you come from desperate poverty, and that's exactly what I come from, you know that nonsenses are not to be tolerated. I'm not sure who gains from chaos, but I know it's not the poor folks in the council flats. The politics of vindictiveness is never, ever anything like a solution.

Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative.

I'm very open about my politics. I don't believe in any political party at all, none of them.

I have one major problem with the Internet: It's full of liars.

If dolphins are so intelligent, how come they ain't got Walkmans?

Just because people think politically different to you doesn't mean they're inhuman.

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.

I like crazy people, especially those who don't see the risk.

I don't believe in anarchy, because it will ultimately amount to the power of the bully, with weapons. Gandhi is my life's inspiration: passive resistance. I don't want to live in the Thunderdome with Mad Max.

Let's escape the past. The past didn't work. All we have is the future, and I'm the one who wrote "no future for you!" Don't let the irony be lost.

Music can describe emotions far more accurately than words ever can. As soon as I realised that, I knew music was where I wanted to be.

There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it.

I'm just permanently agitated by everything and everyone.

Meat isn't murder, it's delicious.

Michael Jackson plays the wounded puppy very well. 'I must be the loneliest man in the world'. Well, you're not a man. And the loneliness is self inflicted, so sod off you pathetic puerile pimp. I wonder what color his willy is.

The only good political movement I've seen lately was Occupy Wall Street. They had no leaders, which was genius. But unfortunately it always ends up with some hippy playing a flute.

I cannot comprehend fundamentalism. It's fundamentally wrong.

You'd have to be daft as a brush to say you didn't like Pink Floyd.

Move to Italy. I mean it: they know about living in debt; they don't care. I stayed out there for five months while I was making a film called 'Order Of Death,' and they've really got it sussed. Nice cars. Sharp suits. Great food. Stroll into work at 10. Lunch from 12 till three. Leave work at five. That's living!