I try and write honestly about what I see around me now.
Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all.
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.
You can experience a download, but you can’t download an experience.
If there is a single trait in our character that has historically set us apart from other nations, it is our determination to limit the authority of those who rule over us.
By the time I was 19, punk had occurred. It had a completely different cultural dynamic to it which rejected everything and started again from the year zero.
That’s what I’m about – getting engaged. Too many people don’t wade in the mud with the politicians.
I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash.
Even with politics, stuff comes around again. Woody Guthrie would recognize America today.
Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers.
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.
If you thought the army was here protecting people like yourself, I’ve some news for you, we’re here to defend wealth.
But, in the end, even a song that’s as politically bland as Blowin in the Wind, you probably wouldn’t get up and sing that now, whereas some of Bob Dylan’s love songs that were contemporary with that, like say Girl from the North Country, you can still get up an play now.
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.
A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.
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.
Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.
What corporations fear most are consumers who ask questions. Naomi Klein offers us the arguments with which to take on the superbrands.
Just because you’re gay, I won’t turn you away. If you stick around, I’m sure we can find some common ground.
An isolationist America is no bloody use to anyone.