Malcolm Mclaren Quotes

What are the politics of boredom?

I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you’re going to look towards the new generation, then of course you’re going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.

I saw a picture of Elvis in blue lame, and thought that if I could recreate that suit and walk down the King’s Road in it, someone might pick me up and take me off on a crazy adventure.

What matters is this: Being fearless of failure arms you to break the rules. In doing so, you may change the culture and just possibly, for a moment, change life itself.

Everyone should be commended for allowing people to make disasters, to make failures – you’ve just got to be sure that it’s a magnificent failure and that, by creating a magnificent failure, you plant the seed.

Sid Vicious began the age of participation in which everyone could be the artist. Sid proved that you don’t have to play well to be the star. You can play badly, or not even at all. I endorsed that attitude. If you can’t write songs, no problem – simply steal one and change it to your taste.

Don’t kill the golden goose.

The Pistols were like my work of art. They were my canvas.

Try managing a junkie – especially if you’ve never been one yourself.

To be a flamboyant failure, that’s better than being any kind of benign success

Stealing things is a glorious occupation, particularly in the art world.

I’ve always thought that gaming and YouTube and the web is a very post-punk extravaganza.