John Lydon Quotes - Page 9

I don't believe in pets. I like animals to be wild and free.

I come from the school of do it yourself mate. Unfortunately over the years there's been quite a few of, "Can you do it for us Johnny, so we can grab all your glory?".

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.

Americans being upright and forthright and honest and true to themselves is a very hard concept.

That's where money comes from, you work hard and you earn and then you spend it on correct things, and Public Image is a correct thing.

Don't accept the old order. Get rid of it.

Every single lyric I've ever written I meant.

I will always pay respect and homage to my early years, because that's what gave me the initial push to go on and do what it is I do. That's where I learned the love and respect for music.

I always find the mirror in the dressing room is where the best artists are.

I could never be a member of a single party. I want the best of all worlds, thank you.

I don't mind dancing the robot if the chemicals are ok, but beyond that the robot will not pull my strings.

Pop music I have always loved best.

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.

I'm 100% proud of the TV work I achieved. The work I did on shows on insects and Great White sharks... stuff that's in school curriculums in England. Now they are showing up on Discovery Channel.

I've had great pleasure meeting the likes of Newt Gingrich and having a chat with the fellow on a staircase. I found him completely dishonest and totally likeable, because he doesn't care! He knows what a politician is, and he's a perfect embodiment of one.

If you ever want to know why I'm not on a record label, look at 'The X Factor!' Honestly, of all the people that strive to break barriers in music and do good things and write great lyrics, not one of them would ever pass the first round on any of these competitions.

Maybe I'm a prehistoric monster by being an individual. It's highly likely. All I offer to others is their own individuality. Grab it!

I'd love to have been born into a wealthy family. I might have turned out even more marvellous than I am now.

Some visualize the Pistols era in shades of black and white. It wasn't. Actually, the colors I envision are neon or army dirt green with fluorescent pink--anything that would annoy."

Anybody who says, "Look, John, I'm a politician. Don't believe a word I say," is a friend of mine.

Music is a simulation of something, but language is the greatest thing we possess.

It's volatile, the marriage. Which one isn't? Nothing better than a good, full-on row. Get it all out. Say rude and nasty things. And then be sorry. Genuinely sorry, afterwards.

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!

What I like or dislike in music is my internal affair. I never want an audience out there to be influenced because John said. I don't want to have to endure that kind of nonsense. I work for the art of the individual.

There are no limits to where our brains can take us. We are, if there be a God, God's gracious creation.