A nation with their freezers full are dancing in their seats, while outside another nation is sleeping in the streets.
BILLY BRAGGYou can experience a download, but you can’t download an experience.
More Billy Bragg Quotes
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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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If I can entertain people and get them to open up a little bit, then they’re much more conducive to any ideas I might have, whether they’re about relationships or politics. The most interesting songs, I think, are the ones where the two overlap.
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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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War what is it good for? It’s good for business.
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Without accountability, there can be no freedom. I know it seems like a paradox.
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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 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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Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.
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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 we think we’re a nation with great ideas, and a nation that wants to make the world a better place, let’s commit ourselves and involve ourselves with our European partners.
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You can have an argument with someone who’s a sceptic. When I say ‘cynic’, I mean someone who has given up, and they want you to give up too, so it makes them feel better about themselves.
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It’s like being stung by a bee and going out and smashing up a beehive, and thinking you’ve solved the problem. There are more beehives out there; more bees will come. But they’re bees. They’re not grizzly bears.
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Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all.
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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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