“My motto is, 'What's the hurry?'”

— Joe Strummer

I'm trying to get it across to the modern world that we need to sit around and think a little bit more.<br><br>Interview with Corey Levitan for Rolling Stone Online on 2 December 1999. Levitan, Corey, Joe Strummer Considers Clashing In, Rolling Stone Online, News, 2 December 1999 http://www.wholenote.com/default.asp?iTarget=http%3A//www.wholenote.com/news/item.asp%3Fi%3D108,

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