“The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle” quotes

“- The Crook: I was only in it for the birds after the show.
- Woman with ants on face: You, Steve Jones, are nothing but a walking dildo doing a good plumbing job. You'd swim through a river of snot, wade nostril deep through a mile of vomit, as long as you thought there was a sexy cunt at the end of it - and those cunts!”
Steve Jones - The Crook
Jean Warren - Woman with ants on face

“Helen, never trust a hippie.”
Malcolm McLaren - The Embezzler

“Lesson seven: cultivate hatred; it is your greatest asset. Here at home, create a tour that no one can turn up to. Throw the groups name away, and leave a question mark in its place. Create confusion. The Sex Pistols made sure that they failed to turn up at certain venues. Reading false rumours wherever they could.”
Malcolm McLaren - The Embezzler

“We're better than anyone, aren't we? Except for The Eagles; The Eagles are better than us.”

Sid Vicious - The Gimmick

“With the line-up complete, we immediately set about to putting our plan into effect: to swindle ours way to the top of the rock and roll industry. It was a plan that within 2 years was bring us close on a million pounds, and a household name as the most notorious, filthy, disgusting, dirtiest rock and roll band in your bloody world.”
Malcolm McLaren - The Embezzler