War what is it good for? It’s good for business.
BILLY BRAGGI’ve had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return.
More Billy Bragg Quotes
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Just because you’re gay, I won’t turn you away. If you stick around, I’m sure we can find some common ground.
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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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Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.
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A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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That’s what I’m about — getting engaged. Too many people don’t wade in the mud with the politicians.
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If you’ve got a blacklist, I want to be on it.
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I’m celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo
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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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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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