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All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations.

Billy Bragg

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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Artist Important Journalist Thinking
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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Argument Consumers Corporations
Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all.
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Enjoyed Freedom Privilege
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
That’s what I’m about — getting engaged. Too many people don’t wade in the mud with the politicians.
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Mud People Politician Wade
Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.
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Generations Jobs Worst
So, in some ways, the political songs tend to be a bit more like reportage, whereas the love songs tend to be like novels, you can pick them up off the shelf and go into them any time.
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Love Political Reportage Song Way
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
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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Interesting Song Thinking
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’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
War what is it good for? It’s good for business.
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Business Inspirational War
The evil lot who did that thing on September 11 did it because they wanted to create a war between America and Islam. And by invading Iraq, we gave them what they hoped for.
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Country Disaster Month September War
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
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
If you’ve got a blacklist, I want to be on it.
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Ibacklist Life Want

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