Top 167 Quotes by John Lydon

About John Lydon

These are some quotes by English author John Lydon Musician, who was born on January 31, 1956.

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

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

John Lydon

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.

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

Music can describe emotions far more accurately than words ever can. As soon as I realised that, I knew music was where I wanted to be.

Music can describe emotions far more accurately than words ever can. As soon as I realised that, I knew music was where I wanted to be.

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.

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

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

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

John Lydon

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

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

John Lydon

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

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

John Lydon

A record company used to be a very good thing, but they ended up soul-destroyingly trapping people in the accounting department. And you couldn't get any further, and the heads of each department were changing all the time, so you couldn't have any permanent relationship within the corporation.

John Lydon

If I'm left to my own devices, I will be tempted to make the most unlistenable music possible.

If I'm left to my own devices, I will be tempted to make the most unlistenable music possible.

John Lydon

The record companies fell apart - quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop.

The record companies fell apart - quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop.

John Lydon

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