John Lydon

Punk was never about one particular clean-cut imagery... it's about many, many individuals coming very loosely together.

I love conversation and the sharing of different thoughts and philosophies. That kind of stuff always makes me happy. I don't mind interviews, either - I like doing them.

You need the past as a guideline. The history of music is a good basis, but to escape that stuff, that tortuous rulebook, you have to learn it first. It's kind of like religion - once you've written the Bible, that's it, move on.

If you ever want to know why I'm not on a record label, look at 'The X Factor!' Honestly, of all the people that strive to break barriers in music and do good things and write great lyrics, not one of them would ever pass the first round on any of these competitions.

Lollipop Opera' is the backdrop to Finsbury Park. A place that is very thriving, interracial and lot of music stores, Greek, Turkish, all sorts of immigrant music. It's utter Englishness. It blends the Jamaicans, the Irish. It's like what Jim Reeves did with American country music.

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

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

Do not stand in the middle, go to the right or to the left.

I hate the technological rip-offs that pass for music formats these days, and go back to vinyl to hear a good record because the sound is always so much fuller. I don't even like listening to music in the car.

If anyone asks for your autograph they're showing you respect and give it back to them.

If you were to look back at me as a school kid you'd see a very quiet little church mouse kind of character.

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