If anyone asks for your autograph they're showing you respect and give it back to them. John Lydon More Quotes by John Lydon More Quotes From John Lydon I'm aware of my songs. I'm aware of them because they're about true emotions, true feelings, things that matter. John Lydon matter feelings song Only the fakes survive. John Lydon fake Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed. John Lydon supposed-to-be changed important Turn the other cheek too often and you get a razor through it. John Lydon turn-the-other-cheek forgiveness razors Pop music I have always loved best. But the more extreme, fascist-led examples of the music business I tend to detest the most. John Lydon fascists pops example Britain's an island; it's always had a constant ebb and flow of immigration - it makes it a better place. John Lydon ebb-and-flow immigration islands I don't think there's any such thing as rock n' roll anymore - it's an amalgamation of business interests. John Lydon rock-n-roll rocks thinking This is a very difficult thing to remain independent and persistent. John Lydon persistent difficult independent I'm no one's lap dog, you can't put me on a leash. John Lydon rotten lap dog I'm a great self-doubter. I constantly need to prove myself to myself. I've never run to heroin or alcohol to hide that. I always have to deal with it. Stage fright is always going to be there. I have nightmares about bad gigs. John Lydon alcohol self running I think I have something valid to say. My words are my bullets. I like to brag that somehow I got it right. John Lydon brag bullets thinking I don't like the monikers, and I don't like being pigeonholed. You know, I'm a human being. John Lydon human-beings humans knows The record companies fell apart - quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop. John Lydon nonsense contracts records You're made to feel ugly, and I made ugly beautiful. Just by sheer persistence. Nobody has the right to say that I am ugly, and I will not be a professional victim, you know. Sorry! John Lydon persistence sorry beautiful People should never allow themselves to be dictated to by media. John Lydon media should people Occasionally, a re-enactment is a fine thing. I love Civil War re-enactments. John Lydon fine-things things-i-love war If the Royal Family was going to assassinate someone, they would have gotten rid of me a long time ago. John Lydon royal ifs long There are some Rolling Stones songs that are just stunners. John Lydon rolling stones song Punk was never about one particular clean-cut imagery... it's about many, many individuals coming very loosely together. John Lydon punk cutting together It's a repressive society where you can't be horrible, I'm not horrible, they made me horrible, I'm just honest. John Lydon rotten honest made
