John Lydon

I love boating - not flash, 'noisy go fast' nonsense, but the general relaxation of it. My wife and I love to get in our little Wellcraft and go as far out to sea as we can, hopefully beyond land. That is the best thing you can ever do. It clears your psyche.

I love books, and all the best ones are people analysing their own emotions. You can learn from that.

I love pop music. It's not easy to write a good pop song.

I love a bit of flag-waving.

I keep falling off the edge of the stage because I can't see it. I can't see my wrinkles in the mirror either, though.

Love is 2 minutes and 52 seconds of squelching noises.

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

U2 - that's a band that never should have existed. There's no life experience in any of their songs.

I was a very sickly boy when I was young; nearly died when I was 7. I had a life-threatening attack of meningitis, and that put me in a coma for a few months. It took me four years to get my memory back.

I showed what I can do with butter, right? Eighty-five percent increase in sales. I'm very proud of them Country Life ads. They were funny and clever and classy like the Toblerone ads I grew up with.

I don't believe in anarchy, because it will ultimately amount to the power of the bully, with weapons. Gandhi is my life's inspiration: passive resistance. I don't want to live in the Thunderdome with Mad Max.

I'm not this callous clown walking around laughing at life all the time. I've had some serious, serious problems in my life. But I've come out with a smile.