If you’ve got a blacklist, I want to be on it.
BILLY BRAGGI 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!
More Billy Bragg Quotes
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Certainly, the international image of the United States today is a lot less positive than 10 years ago. And that really shouldn’t be, because you have been the victims of this awful terrorist attack, and I think America deserves the sympathy of the world.
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A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.
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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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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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All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations.
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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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Never trust anyone who has no doubts. And I’m not talking about scepticism either: scepticism can be a healthy thing.
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That’s what I’m about — getting engaged. Too many people don’t wade in the mud with the politicians.
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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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Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses.
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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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The 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.
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The key to it has to be some sort of proportional representation, which allows there to be more parties.
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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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Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all.
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