If we accuse Trump of being a liar, he won’t just say ‘I never said that’ or just ignore it and go on to the next thing.
BILLY BRAGGThe most important thing for anyone, I think, is to be engaged, whether you’re an artist or a journalist is to be engaged in the process at some level.
More Billy Bragg Quotes
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Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.
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At some point in your life you have to engage with the fact that you are part of a society.
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Don’t saddle me with your ideals, and spare me all your guilt. For a poet with all the answers, has never yet been built.
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I’m still batting away on my politics for the Labour Party. I’m much further to the left of them than I used to be, but that’s because they’ve moved, not me.
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We’ve heard so much about the American dream: well, Trump is the American nightmare made flesh.
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Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers.
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I never met a politician who didn’t want to be a guitar player in a rock band. I’ve got the opportunity to say what I believe in.
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Part of the problem with some elements of the European debate is that they hanker for the days when we were a great power. Those days are gone, and they went a long time ago.
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If you thought the army was here protecting people like yourself, I’ve some news for you, we’re here to defend wealth.
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Baptists burn more slowly.
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Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all.
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Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses.
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You have to recognise your responsibility to your community for your actions. Liberty doesn’t mean that you are not held accountable.
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There are quite a few honest songwriters out there writing about relationships and their own personality traits. But for some reason, once they step out of the bedroom, their honesty doesn’t seem to come with them.
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Start your own revolution, cut out the middleman In a perfect world we’d all sing in tune But this is reality so give me some room So join the struggle while you may The Revolution is just a t-shirt away
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