I like to read because it's the opposite of being on the go. Reading is the perfect antidote. Joe Strummer More Quotes by Joe Strummer More Quotes From Joe Strummer To me our music is like Jamaican stuff - if they can't hear it, they're not supposed to hear it. It's not for them if they can't understand it. Joe Strummer ifs All the power's in the hands of people rich enough to buy it. Joe Strummer richhandspeople It is fun to be alive. It's a hell of a lot better than being dead. Joe Strummer hellalivefun There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Joe Strummer persistenceperseverancedetermination If you ain't thinkin about man and God and law, then you ain't thinkin about nothin'. Joe Strummer ifslawmen You have the right not to be killed, unless it was done by a policeman or an aristocrat. Joe Strummer policemendone When you're out to get the honey you don't go killing all the bees Joe Strummer killingbeeshoney Greed, it ain't going anywhere. They should have that in a big billboard across Times Square. Without people you're nothing. Joe Strummer squaresshould-havepeople I have a weird life because I live on songwriting royalties, which are a strange income. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it doesn't. Joe Strummer incomemusicrain I hate it when I go out and I see parents going, 'don't do that', or 'stop doing that' when some kid's just hanging off a staircase or something. There's too much of this, 'don't do that'. The whole thing baffles me. Joe Strummer hateparentkids Yeah, all those things, responsibility, pressure. It's a bit stressful. I try and come to terms with it by not thinking about it. Joe Strummer responsibilitytryingthinking I learnt that fame is an illusion and everything about it is just a joke. I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all. Joe Strummer illusioncareacting I don't want to look back. I want to keep going forward, I still have something to say to people. Joe Strummer wantpeoplelooks Nonsmokers should be banned from buying any product a smoker created. Joe Strummer bannedbuyingshould What's holding me up is I'm confused about the nature of the music. Because the modern music doesn't reach me. I mean to say the sound of the modern electric production. A lot of sequencers... synths. That's what people are buying. Because that doesn't reach me, it throws me back to like 1948, but I don't want to be there. Back there, I'm talking about blues records... The roots of rock'n'roll is rhythm and blues and that's like really where I'm at, where I was always at. Joe Strummer confusedrocksmean We aren't particularly talented. We try harder! Joe Strummer hardertrying I have a weird life because I live on songwriting royalties, which are a strange income. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it doesn't. ... I want to grow up with my audience. I don't expect to be getting through to the younger pop crowd. I learned that from Paul Simon. ... 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. ... People have told me songs I've written have changed their life. That's remarkable. That keeps your faith. Joe Strummer growing-uprainsong everybody has a story to tell Joe Strummer stories I just want to go back to rockin', but I'm uncertain as to what to actually do. The truth is, I never stopped thinking about rock'n'roll for a second that I'm on holiday. Joe Strummer holidayrocksthinking Anybody who makes speeches written by someone else is just a robot. Joe Strummer robotswrittenspeech
