“It was neither a manifesto or a fashion. Punk is a state of mind open to new ideas, with a desire to constantly evolve, to find the next step. Not only in music but also in the world around us.”
-John Lydon
Lydon hated how the spirit of punk had been commercialised by people like McLaren and Westwood – despite Westwood being hugely responsible for the stylistic direction that punk took.
Punk.