Punks in their silly leather jackets are a clichรฉ. I have never liked the term and have never discussed it. I just got on with it and got out of it when it became a competition.
John LydonYou need the past as a guideline. The history of music is a good basis, but to escape that stuff, that tortuous rulebook, you have to learn it first. It's kind of like religion - once you've written the Bible, that's it, move on.
John LydonAny kind of history you read is basically the winning side telling you the others were bad.
John LydonThe record companies fell apart - quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop.
John Lydon