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. . John Lydon
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I was not just throwing bricks through shop windows as a voice of rebellion. I was throwing words where they really mattered. Words count.

Source: Anger Is An Energy: My Life Uncensored

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