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 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.
More Billy Bragg Quotes
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We’ve heard so much about the American dream: well, Trump is the American nightmare made flesh.
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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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Baptists burn more slowly.
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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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That’s what I’m about — getting engaged. Too many people don’t wade in the mud with the politicians.
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At some point in your life you have to engage with the fact that you are part of a society.
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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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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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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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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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Without accountability, there can be no freedom. I know it seems like a paradox.
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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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Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all.
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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 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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