I've done no harm to no one. In fact, I think I've improved the world. John Lydon More Quotes by John Lydon More Quotes From John Lydon I don't need a Rolls-Royce, I don't need a house in the country, I don't need to live in the south of France. I'm quite happy as I am. John Lydon heromeancountry If you were to look back at me as a school kid you'd see a very quiet little church mouse kind of character. John Lydon characterkidsschool If I'm left to my own devices, I will be tempted to make the most unlistenable music possible. John Lydon devicestemptedmy-own Let's face it, I ain't ever gonna be the best singer in the world, or the best anything. John Lydon singersfacesworld Love is two minutes fifty-two seconds of squishing noises. It shows your mind isn't clicking right. John Lydon mindlove-istwo I love being alive so much. When you come out of comas in your childhood, every moment awake is a joyous occasion. John Lydon childhoodalivemoments The idea of hearing, 'Great gig, man,' one more time just turns my stomach over. John Lydon gigsmenideas 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. John Lydon griefsongpast I've never said I'm a communist. John Lydon communistsaid Isn't it odd I've made some friends in the Republican Party, but that's in spite of the fact that I cannot agree with not any one single thing they stand for. That's the irony in the joy of being a human being in that we don't resent each other for our different thought processes, but anything that offers the attitude to me of "I'm going to stop you because that offends my religion", then I'm going to stop them. So I have one more note against that ideology, and the idea of a real estate agent running the universe is just not acceptable. John Lydon realrunningattitude I somehow hope - naïve though I may be, utopian, possibly - that my music has some kind of calming effect on the universe, that it's somehow beneficial to people. John Lydon calming-effectmaypeople I do use my music to entertain myself, as indeed I use other people's music. John Lydon usepeople A record company used to be a very good thing, but they ended up soul-destroyingly trapping people in the accounting department. And you couldn't get any further, and the heads of each department were changing all the time, so you couldn't have any permanent relationship within the corporation. John Lydon recordssoulpeople All the things that you would have thought would have made me a professional A1 criminal... wrong. I decided that was too lazy and easy, and because of the way British society is, quite frankly you were denied an education, so I got one of my own. John Lydon lazycriminalsway I'm not able to tell you what the best song is yet, because there's more to come. I feel that in me. I can still feel the burning energy and the desire to create and create and create. John Lydon energydesiresong I'm not one for like soul-searching, sour fizzy moments. I come from the school of hard knocks, "f**king get on with it", that's it. John Lydon soulkingsschool I don't like walking in the street and seeing 30,000 copies of myself. John Lydon streetscopieswalking I have no time for lies and fantasy, and neither should you. Enjoy or die. John Lydon fantasyshouldlying 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! John Lydon sillysexpeople I have values. But morals are Christian. There's no religion here. Values. Don't hurt when you don't need to, but don't let anybody step over that line - it's an invisible line, but it's respect for somebody's space. John Lydon spacehurtchristian
