Billy Bragg Quotes About Songs

Quotes about: Songs

• I've had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return.

  Billy Bragg

  Song, War, Islands

• But, in the end, even a song that's as politically bland as Blowin in the Wind, you probably wouldn't get up and sing that now, whereas some of Bob Dylan's love songs that were contemporary with that, like say Girl from the North Country, you can still get up an play now.

  Billy Bragg

  Girl, Country, Song

• So, 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 Bragg

  Song, Political, Way

• If I can entertain people and get them to open up a little bit, then they're much more conducive to any ideas I might have, whether they're about relationships or politics. The most interesting songs, I think, are the ones where the two overlap.

  Billy Bragg

  Song, Thinking, Interesting

  Source: www.avclub.com

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