“All the things that you would have thought would have made me a professional A1 criminal... wrong. I decided that was too lazy and easy, and because of the way British society is, quite frankly you were denied an education, so I got one of my own.”

British musician and actor, born in 1951. He rose to fame as the lead singer of the punk band the Sex Pistols, whose provocative lyrics and raw energy redefined rock music in the late 1970s. Later, he continued as a solo artist under the name Johnny Rotten, blending punk’s aggression with experimental and avant-garde influences.