John Lydon citations

John Joseph Lydon, dit Johnny Rotten [ˈdʒɒni ˈɹɒtn̩], né à Londres le 31 janvier 1956, est un musicien anglais, chanteur du groupe punk emblématique les Sex Pistols, formé fin 1975, puis fondateur du groupe Public Image Limited en 1978.

Par son attitude sarcastique et provocatrice, il fut un modèle pour toute une jeunesse révoltée et pour de nombreux autres groupes de rock que ses créations musicales ont beaucoup influencés.



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John Lydon: Citations en anglais

“If you are pissing people off, you know you are doing something right”

John Lydon livre Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs

Source: Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs

“Ever get the feeling you've been cheated? Good night!”

At the end of the last Sex Pistols concert, Winterland Theater, San Francisco, California (14 January 1978)

“I'm not very good at handling stupid people. I must admit.”

John Lydon livre Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs

Source: Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs

“It’s a record that I still can play to this day, and still hear new things.”

The Kate Bush Story (2014)
Contexte: My favourite album by her is The Dreaming, and I think she produced that one herself. That got a lot of criticism — but I loved it. It was overloaded with textures, and tones and all manner of things. It’s a record that I still can play to this day, and still hear new things.

“Turn the other cheek too often and you get a razor through it.”

Source: [John, Tobler, 1992, NME Rock 'N' Roll Years, 1st, Reed International Books Ltd, London, 303, CN 5585]

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

On the 2003 panel TV show The Belzer Connection, when asked if there was a conspiracy in the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

“It’s a family house.”

About his house in Malibu, California.
Interview with Los Angeles Times, 2015

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