“Within a year or two, however, a couple of the first things I wrote – ‘Anarchy In The UK’ and ‘God Save The Queen’ – really hit their target. I’d like to thank the British public library system: that was my training ground, that’s where I learned to throw those verbal grenades. I wasn’t just throwing bricks through shop windows as a voice of rebellion, I was throwing words where they really mattered. Words count.”

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About John Lydon

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.

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