Joe Strummer: Quotes about thinking

Joe Strummer was British musician, singer, actor and songwriter. Explore interesting quotes on thinking.
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“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

Strummer on Man, God, Law and the Clash (31 January 1988)

Truth , Thinking , Holiday

“I'd like to say that people people can change anything they want to; and that means everything in the world. Show me any country and there'll be people in it. And it's the people that make the country. People have got to stop pretending they're not on 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! They should have that on a big billboard across Times Square. Think on that. Without people you're nothing.”

Joe Strummer

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007).

People , World , Thinking , Learning

“If you're allowed to make your mistakes, I think you should. But people don't really like hearing you admit them. Although I'd never wanted to dump on the musicians that were involved in that…. Because it was not their fault.”

Joe Strummer

Strummer on Man, God, Law and the Clash (31 January 1988)

People , Thinking

“I think that the corporation is running it and will always make it appeal to the lowest common denominator. I think we're going to have to forget about the radio and just go back to word of mouth.”

Joe Strummer

About mainstream radio.
Joe Strummer: Putting a Scare into he Hearts of All Things Corporate (2002)

Thinking , Forgetting

“I'd define it as self-awareness: an ability to trust your own judgment. An ability to see through veils of bullshit or spins on stories or propaganda. Maybe an ability to think for yourself.”

Joe Strummer

About punk.
Joe Strummer: Putting a Scare into he Hearts of All Things Corporate (2002)

Thinking

“I think you have to grow up and realise that we're facing religious fanatics who would kill everyone in the world who doesn't do what they say. The more time you give them the more bombs they'll get. Bin Laden is going to try and kill more people. It helps the fanatics.”

Joe Strummer

Strummer talks war and music (13 November 2001)

People , World , Thinking , Time

“I have a big legacy of The Clash to live up to and I don't intend to uriny on a legend. I intend to build forward into the next century. The music has to be by the musicians, and there's too much changing things by the record company. I got a message for everyone in a record company: We don't care if you lose your job! You ruin music and I'll get all the smoothers out off the way, the people who smooth the sound off. Let the musicians have the music the way they want it, and not the way you think the grandmothers and 3-year olds will gonna buy it. Cause this is not about 3-year olds or grandmothers… This is Rock and Roll!”

Joe Strummer

Bizarre Festival (21 August 1999)

People , Music , Way , Thinking

“I would say it was about time that you believe in something. And sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll ain't it…. A lot of people used to think they were.”

Joe Strummer

Strummer on Man, God, Law and the Clash (31 January 1988)

People , Sex , Thinking , Time

“My motto is, 'What's the hurry?' I'm trying to get it across to the modern world that we need to sit around and think a little bit more.”

Joe Strummer

Interview with Corey Levitan for Rolling Stone Online on 2 December 1999.

World , Thinking