If you thought the army was here protecting people like yourself, I've some news for you, we're here to defend wealth.
Billy BraggWere it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers.
Billy BraggSo, in some ways, the political songs tend to be a bit more like reportage, whereas the love songs tend to be like novels, you can pick them up off the shelf and go into them any time.
Billy BraggYou can be active with the activists or sleep in with the sleepers while you're waiting for the Great Leap Forwards.
Billy BraggIf you can't see that the glass is half full, you can never be a socialist. You have to believe in the goodness of the majority of people to be a socialist. You have to believe that if the majority of people had their way, they would make a society that would be fair for everyone. If you don't believe that, and if you think that the glass is always half empty, then you're never going to have that sensibility.
Billy Bragg