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You'll find that empty vessels make the most sound. — John Lydon

Disco sucks? You never heard that from me. — John Lydon

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

Punk was never about one particular clean-cut imagery ... it's about many, many individuals coming very loosely together. — John Lydon

People think I hate the Royal Family, but that's not true. — John Lydon

When you grew up like me and my four brothers, you end up feeling somewhat inadequate, like somehow you don't count. — John Lydon

Every single lyric I've ever written I meant. — John Lydon

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

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

Love is two minutes fifty-two seconds of squishing noises. It shows your mind isn't clicking right. — John Lydon

As a human being, I'm work in process. — John Lydon

I love consumerism, TV culture, shopping malls. There's nothing I'd ever buy, but I like being there. It's wacky. — John Lydon

With adulthood comes responsibility. — Mary Lydon Simonsen

My inspiration is everything that the human being gets up to. — John Lydon

Only the fakes survive. — John Lydon

Here's how I understand music. If you can play the same bunch of noise twice, it's music. To go beyond that is supercilious and pontificating. — John Lydon

Love is what you feel for a dog or a pussycat. It doesn't apply to humans. — John Lydon

Dummy Dum Dum was my nickname for years at school. I was the strange one of the family, the one who couldn't remember his name. — John Lydon

Letting go is the lesson. Letting go is always the lesson. Have you ever noticed how much of our agony is all tied up with craving and loss? — Susan Gordon Lydon

..love lays bare your soul. — Mary Lydon Simonsen

I never thought of Green Day as a punk band. Just bubblegum, really. — John Lydon

I've done no harm to no one. In fact, I think I've improved the world. — John Lydon

Women fancy admiration means more than it does. — Mary Lydon Simonsen

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

I'm in England so often I haven't really left, but Americans aren't at all like they're misrepresented through their politicians. — John Lydon

Any kind of history you read is basically the winning side telling you the others were bad. — John Lydon

Ever get the feeling you've been cheated? — John Lydon

Britain's an island; it's always had a constant ebb and flow of immigration - it makes it a better place. — John Lydon

If anyone asks for your autograph they're showing you respect and give it back to them. — John Lydon

Obama's dense as a doorbell; not much going on up there - it's a wooden top. — John Lydon

I hate death; it takes people away from you. You're left feeling rudderless. — John Lydon

Determination, effort, and practice are rewarded with success. — Mary Lydon Simonsen

For a gun-toting nation, Americans are surprisingly passive. — John Lydon

I love discordancy. It makes people ill at ease and wakes up a part of their brain that's normally asleep. — John Lydon

The joy of life is in the work. — John Lydon

Do not stand in the middle, go to the right or to the left. — John Lydon

My biggest fear is mindlessly and stupidly repeating myself. — John Lydon

Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed. — John Lydon

Being born into the Royal Family is like being born into a mental asylum. Marrying into it is not something to be taken lightly. — John Lydon

I'm not blowing my own trumpet here, but I made a rap song 20 years ago with Afrika Bambaataa. — John Lydon

I love being alive so much. When you come out of comas in your childhood, every moment awake is a joyous occasion. — John Lydon

I'm just permanently agitated by everything and everyone. — John Lydon

Until I see an Arab country, a Muslim country, with a democracy, I won't understand how anyone can have a problem with how they're treated. — John Lydon

I could take on England, but I couldn't take on one heroin user. — John Lydon

I'd rather give up my ears than my eyes, which might sound unusual for a musician. — John Lydon

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

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! — John Lydon

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

If you can sort out why you feel the way you do then you might be in better shape to meet your maker. — John Lydon

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

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

Judge not others unless you're prepared to be judged! — John Lydon

I don't listen to music. I hate music. — John Lydon

Turn the other cheek too often and you get a razor through it. — John Lydon

I had an Irish Catholic education. Horrible nuns, vindictive and cruel. — John Lydon

The sounds of anger are not melodic. — John Lydon

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

There's many, many ways to write a song. But generally, sitting down at a table and writing is not one of them. — John Lydon

Love is two minutes and fifty-two seconds of squishy sounds. — John Lydon

When I write, my brain moves faster than my hands so I'm always trying to picture things. — John Lydon

I mean, the genuine roots of culture is folk music. — John Lydon

There is nothing sweeter than finding the right person to love and cherish and to share your hopes and dreams with. — Mary Lydon Simonsen

I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. — John Lydon

Me, as a human, I never want to take away another human being's choices or lifestyles or anything. — John Lydon

Live music is healthy. — John Lydon

Analog, electronic, whatever it happens to be, I simply love and adore literally every aspect of making music. — John Lydon

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

I find Lady Gaga hilarious. And I kind of like her. My heart's warmed to her. — John Lydon

Heaven is on this earth. There are no angels on the clouds with twanging harps ... That's just another man's fantasy. — John Lydon

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! — John Lydon

I think there's something basically wrong with the general public that they do need their icons. — 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

The day I run out of ideas is the day I stop making records. — John Lydon

Occasionally, a re-enactment is a fine thing. I love Civil War re-enactments. — John Lydon

Punk is like looking at a mirror. I already have a mirror so I don't need the Offspring to remind me how gorgeous I am. — John Lydon

I have a sensible set of values that tell me to never lie. — John Lydon

I don't believe in false memories, like I don't believe in false songs. — John Lydon

If you give me the chance, I'll destroy America for you. — John Lydon

Pop music I have always loved best. — John Lydon

Books are like my one and only joy. — John Lydon

The only notes that matter come in a wad — John Lydon

When you talk like an asshole and look like an asshole, you're an asshole — John Lydon

Let's face it, I ain't ever gonna be the best singer in the world, or the best anything. — John Lydon

I do use my music to entertain myself, as indeed I use other people's music. — John Lydon

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

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

You can always wake up on the wrong side of the bed and, boo-hiss, everyone suffers. We can all be temperamental. — John Lydon

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

There's no harm in me. Really, I'm just a big kid. — John Lydon

Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence. — John Lydon

Parents have to instill the right principles in their children, but then it's up to the children to live up to those principles. — Mary Lydon Simonsen

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

I'm not going to pontificate and tell you to execute your government at dawn, but it wouldn't be a bad idea. — John Lydon

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

It's nice to be a part of history but people should get it right. I may not be perfect, but I'm bloody close. — John Lydon

U2 - that's a band that never should have existed. There's no life experience in any of their songs. — John Lydon

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

Meat isn't murder, it's delicious. — John Lydon

There are some Rolling Stones songs that are just stunners. — John Lydon

I love a bit of flag-waving. — John Lydon