Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers.
BILLY BRAGGMoney maketh man a tory, don’t fire that assumption at me, I like toast as much as anyone but not for breakfast, dinner and tea
More Billy Bragg Quotes
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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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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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I’m celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo
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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 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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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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I’m just saying that we need to find a better way to manifest the broader society’s aspirations, politically.
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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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Money maketh man a tory, don’t fire that assumption at me, I like toast as much as anyone but not for breakfast, dinner and tea
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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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A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.
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Baptists burn more slowly.
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War what is it good for? It’s good for business.
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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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All the things about ‘the ugly American’ that we worry about and which the Americans see in themselves, it’s all of that. This is a politics of egotistical display.
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