07 October 2008

From The Clash on Broadway: Joe Strummer

If you've never listened to the Clash, well you better get on it. Assuming you have, you know Joe Strummer was one of the most influential rock musicians ever.

Check out this quote, taken from one of their albums that is interspersed with interviews.

"I'd like to say, people can change anything they want to; and that means everything in the world. People are running about following their little tracks. I am one of them. But we've all gotta stop... just stop following our own little mouse trail. People can do anything; this is something that I'm beginning to learn. People are out there doing bad things to each other; it's because they've been dehumanized. It's time to take that humanity back into the centre of the ring and follow that for a time. Greed... it ain't going anywhere! The Richest person in the world is the most unhappy one. They should have that on a big billboard across Times Square. Think on that. Without people you're nothing."
-Joe Strummer

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