“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.

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British musician, singer, actor and songwriter 1952–2002

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