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. ↗

— Billy Bragg

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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. ↗

— Billy Bragg

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I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash. ↗

— Billy Bragg

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

— Billy Bragg

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An isolationist America is no bloody use to anyone. ↗

— Billy Bragg

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Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had. ↗

— Billy Bragg

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Even with politics, stuff comes around again. Woody Guthrie would recognize America today. ↗

— Billy Bragg

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I enjoyed so much working with the guys from Wilco, and riffing off of them, and having someone come up to me with ideas, because normally in the studio it's me who has to come up with all the ideas. ↗

— Billy Bragg

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I try and write honestly about what I see around me now. ↗

— Billy Bragg

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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. ↗

— Billy Bragg

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