Johnny Rotten's Quotes
Born: 1956-01-31
Profession: Musician
Nation: English
Biography of Johnny Rotten
I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig.
Tags: Die, Eat, FearI think I have something valid to say. My words are my bullets. I like to brag that somehow I got it right.
Tags: Brag, Bullets, WordsI'm in England so often I haven't really left, but Americans aren't at all like they're misrepresented through their politicians.
Tags: England, Left, OftenI'm not blowing my own trumpet here, but I made a rap song 20 years ago with Afrika Bambaataa.
Tags: Here, Rap, SongMusic 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.
Tags: Music, Wanted, WordsWhen you come from desperate poverty, and that's exactly what I come from, you know that nonsenses are not to be tolerated. I'm not sure who gains from chaos, but I know it's not the poor folks in the council flats. The politics of vindictiveness is never, ever anything like a solution.
Tags: Politics, Poor, PovertyI have one major problem with the internet: It's full of liars. There doesn't seem to be any way to answer to people lying about you.
Tags: Full, Liars, ProblemPeople don't like other poor people, and rather than blame the people that make you all poor, you blame each other.
Tags: Blame, Poor, RatherSometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative.
Tags: Boring, Positive, SocietyIt's no good being nice and young and naive. There's no good in that at all. You've got to do it all yourself, and you've gotta learn quick. And you can't look for sympathy either.
Tags: Good, Nice, SympathyIt's a repressive society where you can't be horrible, I'm not horrible, they made me horrible, I'm just honest.
Tags: Honest, Horrible, SocietyVisit partners pages
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The only good political movement I've seen lately was Occupy Wall Street. They had no leaders, which was genius. But unfortunately it always ends up with some hippy playing a flute.
Tags: Genius, Good, PoliticalI don't believe in anarchy, because it will ultimately amount to the power of the bully, with weapons. Gandhi is my life's inspiration: passive resistance. I don't want to live in the Thunderdome with Mad Max.
Tags: Life, Mad, PowerBeing born into the Royal Family is like being born into a mental asylum. Marrying into it is not something to be taken lightly.
Tags: Born, Family, TakenDo what I want, be honest to myself and then it would do good for others, that's all, full on.
Tags: Good, Honest, OthersIf anyone asks for your autograph they're showing you respect and give it back to them.
Tags: Anyone, Give, RespectIf you were to look back at me as a school kid you'd see a very quiet little church mouse kind of character.
Tags: Character, Church, SchoolDummy 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.
Tags: Family, Remember, SchoolI 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.
Tags: Keep, Mirror, OffI like America's diversity and its landscapes.
Tags: America, Diversity, Landscapes