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You don't write "God Save The Queen" because you hate the English race, you write a song like that because you love them; and you're fed up with them being mistreated.

— John Lydon The Filth and the Fury (2000)

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If the Royal Family was going to assassinate someone, they would have gotten rid of me a long time ago.

Turn the other cheek too often and you get a razor through it.

Ever get the feeling you've been cheated? Good night!

Punk is like looking at a mirror. I already have a mirror so I don't need the Offspring to remind me how gorgeous I am.

The class system is there to remind you that you’re just a dirty oik because you came from that side of the tracks.

Interview with Los Angeles Times (2015)

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