All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations.
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Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.Billy Bragg
A part of my job is to bring the news from elsewhere to here and to take back some news from here. . . . You can't change the world singing songs, believe me, but you can offer people an alternative perspective, even on their own situations. So that's what I'm trying to do.
Billy Bragg
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
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
And just because you're gay, I won't turn you away. If you stick around, I'm sure we can find some common ground.
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.
Billy Bragg
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I think anything that is expressed directly and as honestly as possible will last.
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