I kept trying to stress that — "Hang on, we're be-bop guys, we're down in the alley on 57th Street. We're not in there with John Reed and "Ten Days That Shook the World." We'd be in the alley with (Charlie) Parker shooting up junk. That's where we were at really.


Strummer on Man, God, Law and the Clash (31 January 1988)

Joe Strummer Quotes

I kept trying to stress that — Hang on, we're be-bop guys, we're down in the alley on 57th Street. We're not in there with John Reed and Ten Days...

I kept trying to stress that — Hang on, we're be-bop guys, we're down in the alley on 57th Street. We're not in there with John Reed and Ten Days...

I kept trying to stress that — Hang on, we're be-bop guys, we're down in the alley on 57th Street. We're not in there with John Reed and Ten Days...

I kept trying to stress that — Hang on, we're be-bop guys, we're down in the alley on 57th Street. We're not in there with John Reed and Ten Days...