That’s what I’m about — getting engaged. Too many people don’t wade in the mud with the politicians.
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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Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses.
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You can experience a download, but you can’t download an experience.
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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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A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.
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Baptists burn more slowly.
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You have to recognise your responsibility to your community for your actions. Liberty doesn’t mean that you are not held accountable.
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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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We’ve heard so much about the American dream: well, Trump is the American nightmare made flesh.
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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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Without accountability, there can be no freedom. I know it seems like a paradox.
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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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Never trust anyone who has no doubts. And I’m not talking about scepticism either: scepticism can be a healthy thing.
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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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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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Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all.
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