Quotes from John Lydon

If the Royal Family was going to assassinate someone, they would have gotten rid of me a long time ago.

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

I love pop music. It's not easy to write a good pop song.

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

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

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

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

I'm sort of of the belief that people kill themselves from the inside out. When they're unhappy with what they're doing, or not achieving things - when your focus is off-kilter. The thing that keeps me ticking is my values. And I maintain them, because they're worthy. I like to wake up and feel I've done no wrong. I like that feeling.

I keep falling off the edge of the stage because I can't see it. I can't see my wrinkles in the mirror either, though.

Situationism is a ludicrous proposition. It's ill-formed and it's perfectly French. That Gallic disposition towards common sense. L'Anarchie!

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

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

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

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.

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

My way of thinking as I approach any human being on this planet is, 'What are you doing now?' That's what interests me. I don't come at anybody with a whole bunch of assumptions.

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

If you really want the truth of anything, don't use Wikipedia.

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

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

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.

I don't have any expensive habits. I'm not a car collector or any of that nonsense. But I'd love to be incredibly wealthy for no reason at all.

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

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