Johnny Rotten quotes

Born
31 January 1956, Holloway, London, England.

Occupation
Singer, songwriter, musician.

Johnny Rotten is an English singer, songwriter and musician.

Books are like my one and only joy.
– Johnny Rotten

I don’t release records to be anything but enjoyable.
– Johnny Rotten

Don’t accept the old order. Get rid of it.
– Johnny Rotten

There’s nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it.
– Johnny Rotten

I like crazy people, especially those who don’t see the risk.
– Johnny Rotten

No matter what you experience in life, it incorporates political tendencies, and in so many ways.
– Johnny Rotten

I mean, the genuine roots of culture is folk music.
– 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.
– Johnny Rotten

It’s nice to be irritated. It’s a very joyous thing.
– Johnny Rotten

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

Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence.
– Johnny Rotten

Gossip is a very dangerous tool. We should be more wary of the gossiper, and not the gossip they’re trying to relay to you.
– Johnny Rotten

My words are my bullets.
– Johnny Rotten

I’m not here for your amusement. You’re here for mine.
– Johnny Rotten

Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative.
– Johnny Rotten

I’ve never done anything deliberately; I just speak my mind, and that is what I consistently do and will always do in any way shape or form that I can.
– Johnny Rotten

When you grew up like me and my four brothers, you end up feeling somewhat inadequate, like somehow you don’t count.
– Johnny Rotten

Every single lyric I’ve ever written I meant.
– Johnny Rotten

There’s many, many ways to write a song. But generally, sitting down at a table and writing is not one of them.
– Johnny Rotten

Me, as a human, I never want to take away another human being’s choices or lifestyles or anything.
– Johnny Rotten

Do what I want, be honest to myself and then it would do good for others, that’s all, full on.
– Johnny Rotten

I could never be a member of a single party. I want the best of all worlds, thank you.
– Johnny Rotten

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

If you give me the chance, I’ll destroy America for you.
– Johnny Rotten

People think I hate the Royal Family, but that’s not true.
– Johnny Rotten

I’m no one’s lap dog, you can’t put me on a leash.
– Johnny Rotten

Live music is healthy.
– Johnny Rotten

I always find the mirror in the dressing room is where the best artists are.
– Johnny Rotten

Periods of inactivity, I don’t know such things. I’m consistently writing. My life is busy. It always is. There are hardly any moments for self-indulgent laziness.
– Johnny Rotten

It’s a repressive society where you can’t be horrible, I’m not horrible, they made me horrible, I’m just honest.
– Johnny Rotten

For me, the best rock is not what you play – it’s what you’re not playing.
– Johnny Rotten

You have moments of grief in life, and if you can put pen to paper and capture that, that’s something wonderful. I can revisit actual songs about past deaths, and I know that emotion is as true now as it was then.
– Johnny Rotten

I don’t have huge bank accounts. I’d love one. But it wouldn’t change much. 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.
– Johnny Rotten

Art should be life. It’s an imitation of life. It should have some humanity in it.
– Johnny Rotten