Thursday, June 05, 2008

The Money Shot: Johnny Rotten = Laurence Olivier?

"I've never told anyone this,' he says, leaning forward. 'But I suffer from terrible stage fright. True. You can't tell though, can you? Unbelievable, the panic. I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. It'd make me vomit. Once I come off? I could eat a scampied elephant between two buttered mattresses...But I'm kinda glad about the stage fright. I've read Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud about their terror. And I reckon it's what gets the adrenalin going."

- John Lydon, I'm fat, I'm 50 and I'm back

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