I enjoyed so much working with the guys from Wilco, and riffing off of them, and having someone come up to me with ideas, because normally in the studio it’s me who has to come up with all the ideas.
BILLY BRAGGThe key to it has to be some sort of proportional representation, which allows there to be more parties.
More Billy Bragg Quotes
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All musicians start out with ideals but hanging on to them in the face of media scrutiny takes real integrity. Tougher still is to live up to the ideals of your dedicated fans.
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Baptists burn more slowly.
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You can experience a download, but you can’t download an experience.
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All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations.
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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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Just because you’re gay, I won’t turn you away. If you stick around, I’m sure we can find some common ground.
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I’m celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo
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A nation with their freezers full are dancing in their seats, while outside another nation is sleeping in the streets.
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I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash.
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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.
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I think that ultimately Trump will lose the election and in the process destroy the Republican party – but then I’m an optimist, ha ha ha! So he might not lose. He might be in charge of the largest nuclear arsenal in the world!
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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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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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Whether we like it or not, we live in a post-ideological world. That’s how a Donald Trump can get through. He has no ideology at all: in that sense, he’s a bit like Mussolini.
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What happened on September 11 wasn’t the first act of war, it was the most unspeakable act of murder and terrorism. But it was construed by a very small group of people – there is no army out there in the dark waiting to take over America.
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