I was in a little punk band and we put out a few punk records that weren’t very political, at all.
BILLY BRAGGYou can experience a download, but you can’t download an experience.
More Billy Bragg Quotes
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Without accountability, there can be no freedom. I know it seems like a paradox.
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Peace, bread, work, and freedom is the best we can achieve.
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Baptists burn more slowly.
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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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Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses.
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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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A nation with their freezers full are dancing in their seats, while outside another nation is sleeping in the streets.
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All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations.
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Britain is a great country. We can more or less say what we like, and we can walk down the street without anyone trying to kill us. I know it’s tough for some people, but generally we live in a caring society. We live in a great country, but we’re no longer a great power.
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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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You have to believe that if the majority of people had their way, they would make a society that would be fair for everyone. If you don’t believe that, and if you think that the glass is always half empty, then you’re never going to have that sensibility.
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A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.
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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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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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