Johnny was the guest on Jonesey’s Jukebox yesterday and here are a couple of snippets:

Discussing the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, John told Steve: “Self-appointed sods…I don’t mind getting something for nothing but I ain’t gonna pay for the privilege …I don’t mind being paid to be told I’m famous but I ain’t paying them…I’ve had a problem with the Hall of Fame for a long time. Years ago when I was running Rotten TV for VH-1 we were gonna shoot an episode there at the museum and they wouldn’t give me permission to film, in particular the so-called alleged Sex Pistols exhibit they had …in it was a set of lyrics they claimed was the original things…(they were) phony… & I told them so …but they told me that their sources were irrefutable …in other words my word isn’t good enough but my words are,… that’s wrong …a museum that’s based on selling you a lot of old cack, you can’t be supporting …why are we gonna hand ourselves on a platter to them now …they were never interested in the truth in the first place.”

Steve asked John why he did not want to write any more Pistols songs. John replied: “I felt it would be wrong for my heart and soul. I loved that period, when it broke up it really hurt my heart big time…and I don’t want to go back, I really loved it but it was time to go elsewhere. Once I started in PIL, rocket to another level.. a different level, not competition, just a different part of my world. I missed the Pistols, I missed the lot of you.”