Music is more difficult - try naming a political band. The Dead Kennedys. The Dead Kennedys are political, but they are more funny than they are political.

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I don't see it in terms of changing things, but rather using language and music...

I don't see it in terms of changing things, but rather using language and music...

Well, my son really loves wildlife. And everytime he draws a polar bear I want...

Well, my son really loves wildlife. And everytime he draws a polar bear I want...

Someone needs to tell the truth, but it shouldn't be my job.

Someone needs to tell the truth, but it shouldn't be my job.

Generally speaking, if people are prepared to stick their heads above the power pit, like...

Generally speaking, if people are prepared to stick their heads above the power pit, like...

My dad spent his whole life getting into fights for telling what he believed to...

My dad spent his whole life getting into fights for telling what he believed to...

Well, I've been reading a lot about the fifty years since the Second World War,...

Well, I've been reading a lot about the fifty years since the Second World War,...

You think I have the responsibilty... I have the responsibility to give the fans a...

You think I have the responsibilty... I have the responsibility to give the fans a...

This was something that was obsessing me and creating a writer's block. To get involved...

This was something that was obsessing me and creating a writer's block. To get involved...

I think the most important thing about music is the sense of escape.

I think the most important thing about music is the sense of escape.

Someone needs to tell the truth, but it shouldnt be my job.

Someone needs to tell the truth, but it shouldnt be my job.

I've never believed that pop music is escapist trash. There's always a darkness in it,...

I've never believed that pop music is escapist trash. There's always a darkness in it,...

It is difficult to make political art work.

It is difficult to make political art work.

We didn't start out to make a protest record at all. That would have been...

We didn't start out to make a protest record at all. That would have been...

I think sometimes all the charities are doing is mopping up the blood. It's a...

I think sometimes all the charities are doing is mopping up the blood. It's a...

At home I've got a very puerile, juvenile sense of humour.

At home I've got a very puerile, juvenile sense of humour.

So ultimately, it's idealistic to think that artists are able to step away from the...

So ultimately, it's idealistic to think that artists are able to step away from the...

Sex in the morning. Which is the best time to have it. As long as...

Sex in the morning. Which is the best time to have it. As long as...

If you have someone that loves you...appreciate it because every since sex came easy, love...

If you have someone that loves you...appreciate it because every since sex came easy, love...

The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater...

The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater...

Conversation like television set on honeymoon...unnecessary.

Conversation like television set on honeymoon...unnecessary.