“Everyone has got to realise you can't hold onto the past if you want any future. Each second should lead to the next one.”

—  Joe Strummer

Interview for Sounds Magazine on 17 July 1982. [Armed Combat, Sounds Magazine, 17 July 1982]

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British musician, singer, actor and songwriter 1952–2002

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