Quotes by Joe Strummer

John Graham Mellor, known from May of 1975 as Joe Strummer, was a British musician, singer, composer, actor and songwriter who was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the Clash, a rock band formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk rock. Their second album, Give 'Em Enough Rope reached number 2 on the UK charts. Soon after, they achieved success in the US, starting with London Calling, and peaking with 1982's Combat Rock, reaching number 7 on the US charts and being certified 2× platinum there.

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All hippies around now just represent complete apathy.

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When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there.

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If you ain't thinkin' about man and God and law, then you ain't thinkin' about nothin'.

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What I like about playing America is you can be pretty sure you're not going to get hit with a full can of beer when you're singing and I really enjoy that!

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I don't want to look back. I want to keep going forward, I still have something to say to people.

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