360 Quotes by John Lydon

It's a loser's emblem (swastika), because the Nazis lost the war. It's ridiculous to suggest we are involved with fascists. All my best friends are black, gay, Irish or criminals.

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

Some visualize the Pistols era in shades of black and white. It wasn't. Actually, the colors I envision are neon or army dirt green with fluorescent pink--anything that would annoy."

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

One of the most beautiful things about Britain, apart from the NHS and the free education, is the British Army.

Punks in their silly leather jackets are a cliché. 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.

What do you have to do to get people to take an interest? I'm not going to go out and cause a silly sex scandal just to sell a record!

Art should be life. It's an imitation of life. It should have some humanity in it.

I have no time for lies and fantasy, and neither should you. Enjoy or die...