An isolationist America is no bloody use to anyone.

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I try and write honestly about what I see around me now.

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Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.

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We read our own political content into The Clash, and they accepted it.

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My upbringing was very straightforward suburban working class upbringing.

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My theory is this; I'm not a political songwriter. I'm an honest songwriter.

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All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations.

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I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash.

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Even with politics, stuff comes around again. Woody Guthrie would recognize America today.

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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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