I'm not this callous clown walking around laughing at life all the time. I've had some serious, serious problems in my life. But I've come out with a smile.
John LydonAny kind of history you read is basically the winning side telling you the others were bad.
John LydonI never wore a studded leather jacket, y'know. Ne-va! If I had had the money I wouldn't have spent it on shit like that.
John LydonPunk 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 LydonWhat goes on in the world and who's defining what is right or wrong in anything? Is there a place in any of our existence where we need judgment any longer? But we should have empathy towards each other and break away from those categories that politics and religion keep throwing back at us.
John Lydon