13 Billy Bragg Quotes for You to Enjoy

Billy Bragg

British Musician

Born: Dec 20, 1957

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An isolationist America is no bloody use to anyone. Billy Bragg

Bloody America Anyone Use

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. Billy Bragg

Love You Song Girl Wind Country Love Songs Say Some Bland Songs Like Contemporary Sing Still Were End Up North Get Politically Whereas Dylan In The End Bob Even Now Play

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

Generation Job Worst Had Spokesman Being Ever

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

Business Racism Gigs Clash See Rock Came Going Against Whole

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

Me Try Honestly See About Write Around Now

In that sense, I became politicized because the people in the coal mining villages who were involved in the struggle knew why they were there. But they couldn't understand why some pop star from London would want to be there. Billy Bragg

My theory is this; I'm not a political songwriter. I'm an honest songwriter. Billy Bragg

Political Songwriter Theory Honest

My upbringing was very straightforward suburban working class upbringing. Billy Bragg

Class Very Upbringing Suburban Straightforward Working Working-Class

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. Billy Bragg

We read our own political content into The Clash, and they accepted it. Billy Bragg

Political Own Our Clash Read Content Accepted

I'm trying to make a case for those people who don't have a sense of belonging that they should have, that there is something really worthwhile in having a sense of belonging, and recasting and looking at our modern history. Billy Bragg

History People Looking Sense Our Those Worthwhile Case Something Having Make Trying Modern Modern History Really Should Who Belonging

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