English - Musician | January 31, 1956 -
I've been asked over the years to compile a list of desert-island discs. I couldn't do that. If I was trapped on a desert island, I don't think I'd want 10 songs to bring with me.
John Lydon
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I could never be a member of a single party. I want the best of all worlds, thank you.
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You know, I've been to some superstars' houses, and I've been really disgusted when I see their platinum discs hanging in the toilet. They're just there on the walls glaring at you when you're trying to be occupied with other things.
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I've been in very many situations where I've not liked the other members of the band or they have not liked me. I grew up presuming that's the way music was made. It doesn't need to be that way. It's taken me years years to find that out.
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Me, as a human, I never want to take away another human being's choices or lifestyles or anything.
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I cannot comprehend fundamentalism. It's fundamentally wrong.
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People should never allow themselves to be dictated to by media.
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If you have something to say then you want someone to pay attention or at least to have the opportunity for them to tell you to shut up and go away.
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I love books, and all the best ones are people analysing their own emotions. You can learn from that.
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If you can sort out why you feel the way you do then you might be in better shape to meet your maker.
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Records were vitally important to the development of music and of all music cultures. With that being pushed by the wayside, I can't see an iPod uniting us. In fact it separates us, the streets are full of people bumping into lamp posts, listening to their own little universe, and there's no sharing in that.
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Analog, electronic, whatever it happens to be, I simply love and adore literally every aspect of making music.
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