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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.

Billy Bragg

I’m celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo
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Beer Celebrating Love Tattoo
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
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
Money maketh man a tory, don’t fire that assumption at me, I like toast as much as anyone but not for breakfast, dinner and tea
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Assumption Fire Men Money Tea Toast
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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Dirty Favour More Powerful Shining
Peace, bread, work, and freedom is the best we can achieve.
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Achieve Bread Politics
I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash.
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Racism Racist Rocks
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
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
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
It’s like being stung by a bee and going out and smashing up a beehive, and thinking you’ve solved the problem. There are more beehives out there; more bees will come. But they’re bees. They’re not grizzly bears.
BILLY BRAGG

Bee Problem Smashing Solved Think Unspeakables
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.
BILLY BRAGG

Interesting Song Thinking
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
Without accountability, there can be no freedom. I know it seems like a paradox.
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Accountability Freedom Paradox Seem
I 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.
BILLY BRAGG

Believe Opportunity Player Politician
Baptists burn more slowly.
BILLY BRAGG

Baptists Burn More Slowly

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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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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