"This is a lie to history, it's a lie about history, of the Sex Pistols' history, and so I am always going to find that as an issue you cannot compromise on."

"If you allow this to happen you are allowing people to alter and rewrite your history, thus making your real history a lie by the contradiction supporting that and accepting money for that, that's something I could never be a party to. I cannot compromise in selling my integrity. I know what's what and far too often it's the examples in the press and the media of history being rewritten that causes real damage to the truth.... The show's original offer was, well, it was a misuse of us completely."

Said John Lydon — Johnny Rotten — quoted in "The Crown wanted to show punks throwing bottles at The Queen on jubilee but I refused to let them use Sex Pistols' 'God Save The Queen', claims Johnny Rotten in court battle/Paul Cook & Steve Jones suing punk group's lead singer..." (The Daily Mail).