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Sex Pistol's frontman John Lydon has spoken out against his status as a "national treasure", after publishing his second autobiography Anger Is An Energy.
Speaking to NPR, he jokingly referred to the term saying it makes him sound "like a racehorse".
The punk icon added, "I've heard the rumors. Oh, they're trying to give me an O.B.E. or an M.B.E. or whatever that is. Nope, not interested... You wouldn't say that [I'm a national treasure] if you saw the state of my underpants. I tell you. Let's be honest."
Lydon also had a few words to say amid accusations that he has "sold out" by appearing on reality TV shows and adverts. He said, "People are prepared to absolutely condemn me, but then behind my back, rush off and copy it.
"I've spent my whole life trying to be myself. I'm not emulating other human beings, not trying to fit into what society thinks it has the right to dictate to me about what is right or wrong. Who's right or wrong here? Well, it's either me or the whole of society."
