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Billy Bragg

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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Integrity Media Real
A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.
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Cares Country Patriot
Britain is a great country. We can more or less say what we like, and we can walk down the street without anyone trying to kill us. I know it’s tough for some people, but generally we live in a caring society. We live in a great country, but we’re no longer a great power.
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Caring Country Long
I’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.
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Country Islands Soldier Song War
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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Community Mean Responsibility
I’d like to think that in a generation or two we’ll have politicians whose life experience reflects that of the people who are voting for them.
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People Thinking Voting
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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Pairs Pins Punk Safety
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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Army Dark Unspeakable War
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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Bedroom Honesty Personality Traits Writing
Start your own revolution, cut out the middleman In a perfect world we’d all sing in tune But this is reality so give me some room So join the struggle while you may The Revolution is just a t-shirt away
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Cutting Middleman Reality Somemroom Struggle
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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Feel Makem Sceptic Someone Themselves
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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Band Political Records
Without accountability, there can be no freedom. I know it seems like a paradox.
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Accountability Freedom Paradox Seem
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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About Country Display Egotistical Themselves
I’m just saying that we need to find a better way to manifest the broader society’s aspirations, politically.
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Aspiration Better Just Saying Need Party Politician
If we accuse Trump of being a liar, he won’t just say ‘I never said that’ or just ignore it and go on to the next thing.
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Accuse Liars never Saidm Ignore

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