You have to recognise your responsibility to your community for your actions. Liberty doesn’t mean that you are not held accountable.
BILLY BRAGGI 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.
More Billy Bragg Quotes
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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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A nation with their freezers full are dancing in their seats, while outside another nation is sleeping in the streets.
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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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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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I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash.
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I’m celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo
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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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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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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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Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.
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What corporations fear most are consumers who ask questions. Naomi Klein offers us the arguments with which to take on the superbrands.
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All musicians start out with ideals but hanging on to them in the face of media scrutiny takes real integrity. Tougher still is to live up to the ideals of your dedicated fans.
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Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all.
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I was in a little punk band and we put out a few punk records that weren’t very political, at all.
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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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