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My motto is, 'What's the hurry?' I'm trying to get it across to the modern world that we need to sit around and think a little bit more.
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Singing into a cold wind is the worst nightmare for any singer. You could hear it in the voice.
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Anybody who makes speeches written by someone else is just a robot.
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I think that the corporation is running it and will always make it appeal to the lowest common denominator. I think we're going to have to forget about the radio and just go back to word of mouth.
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You have the right not to be killed, unless it was done by a policeman or an aristocrat.
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The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin Engines stop running, but I have no fear 'Cause London is drowning and I live by the river
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I like to just feel how I feel and not worry about it really.
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I'm a human being. I'm not dumping on what I've done. I mean I know we were doing social (stuff), all right? I just don't like boastin' about it, OK? I know what we were doin'. I know damn well what we did. But I ain't gonna start crying about it now, all right?
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I think you have to grow up and realise that we're facing religious fanatics who would kill everyone in the world who doesn't do what they say. The more time you give them the more bombs they'll get. Bin Laden is going to try and kill more people. It helps the fanatics.
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I try and keep an ear out and keep an open mind and enjoy something where I don't know what the hell is going on inside of it. That's what I really get out of it. Because to me it's new. That's what I get out of it. That joyful feeling of you don't know what's going to happen next.
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No man's land. There ain't no asylum here.
King Solomon he never lived 'round here.
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I'd define it as self-awareness: an ability to trust your own judgment. An ability to see through veils of bullshit or spins on stories or propaganda. Maybe an ability to think for yourself.
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Joe Strummer
Born:
August 21, 1952
Died:
December 22, 2002
(aged 50)
Bio:
John Graham Mellor, best remembered by his stage name Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of the critically acclaimed British punk rock band The Clash.
Known for:
Streetcore
Earthquake Weather (1989)
London Calling (1979)
Combat Rock (1982)
Sandinista! (1980)
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