Well, Ive been reading a lot about the fifty years since the Second World War, about Western foreign policy and all that. I try not to let it get to me, but sometimes I just think that theres no hope.

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One of the interesting things here is that the people who should be shaping the...

One of the interesting things here is that the people who should be shaping the...

We don't have to stand on a soap-box and preach because hopefully we're channelling it...

We don't have to stand on a soap-box and preach because hopefully we're channelling it...

I wrote a lot of stuff quickly: pages and pages of notes that seemed pretty...

I wrote a lot of stuff quickly: pages and pages of notes that seemed pretty...

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

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

It is difficult to make political art work.

It is difficult to make political art work.

The people in charge, globally, are maniacs. They are maniacs, and unless we do something...

The people in charge, globally, are maniacs. They are maniacs, and unless we do something...

I think sometimes all the charities are doing is mopping up the blood. Its a...

I think sometimes all the charities are doing is mopping up the blood. Its 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...

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.

My argument would be that I don't think there is much that's genuinely political art...

My argument would be that I don't think there is much that's genuinely political art...

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

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

And I know I'm paranoid and neurotic, I've made a career out of it.

And I know I'm paranoid and neurotic, I've made a career out of it.

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,...

Coming from Britain, I was terrified of meeting all these other artists, because artists over...

Coming from Britain, I was terrified of meeting all these other artists, because artists over...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...