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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."
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"My theory is this; I'm not a political songwriter. I'm an honest songwriter."
Theory
"I was in a little punk band and we put out a few punk records that weren't very political, at all."
Punk
"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."
Fans
"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."
Artist
"I'm still batting away on my politics for the Labour Party. I'm much further to the left of them than I used to be, but that's because they've moved, not me."
Politics
"Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers."
Punk
"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."
Honesty
"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."
History
"We read our own political content into The Clash, and they accepted it."
Content
"I've had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return."
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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."
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"The problem is we moved to LA... The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican."
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"I just think that playing bass, like punk rock bass with a pick, wasn't meant to be done for 25 years."
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"Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers."
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"By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso."
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"When punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical."
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"The last true punk band to get a major label contract was The Dickies."
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