Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses.
BILLY BRAGGWhat corporations fear most are consumers who ask questions. Naomi Klein offers us the arguments with which to take on the superbrands.
More Billy Bragg Quotes
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Peace, bread, work, and freedom is the best we can achieve.
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I think if you’re going to make political art, you have to engage at some level. You can’t just write about politics, you have to try and be politics as well.
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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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The evil lot who did that thing on September 11 did it because they wanted to create a war between America and Islam. And by invading Iraq, we gave them what they hoped for.
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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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It would shine a torch into the dirty little corner where the BNP defecate on our democracy, and that would be much more powerful than duffing them up in the street – which Im also in favour of.
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I’m celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo
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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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A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.
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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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You can be active with the activists or sleep in with the sleepers while you’re waiting for the Great Leap Forwards.
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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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If you’ve got a blacklist, I want to be on it.
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Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.
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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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