“I think the best live shows take you out of the moment into somewhere else and I really...This can be true of recorded music too but my favorite live experience is sort of this transcendendent - is that the word? Transcendental?” ThinkingMomentsMy FavoriteBeing TrueTranscendental Author:Dan Deacon
“I always want my mouth to be like two steps ahead of my brain and I want my hands to move without thinking. I want to be able to dive into my computer or use my controllers without having to be, like, "Hmm, what would be a good choice here?" You just want music to happen like the same way the sweat's rolling off my face.” ThinkingMovingChoicesBrainComputerHmmGood Choices Author:Dan Deacon
“Britain is a great country. We can more or less say what we like, and we can walk down the street without anyone trying to kill us. I know it's tough for some people, but generally we live in a caring society. We live in a great country, but we're no longer a great power. Part of the problem with some elements of the European debate is that they hanker for the days when we were a great power. Those days are gone, and they went a long time ago.” PeopleTryingLongCountryProblemToughCaringDebateGreat PowerGreat Country Author:Billy Bragg
“If we think we're a nation with great ideas, and a nation that wants to make the world a better place, let's commit ourselves and involve ourselves with our European partners.” ThinkingWorldCommitGreat Idea Author:Billy Bragg
“I'd like to think that in a generation or two we'll have politicians whose life experience reflects that of the people who are voting for them.” PeopleThinkingPoliticianVotingLife Experience Author:Billy Bragg
“I'm just saying that we need to find a better way to manifest the broader society's aspirations, politically. The key to it has to be some sort of proportional representation, which allows there to be more parties.” PartyAspirationManifestRepresentationJust Saying Author:Billy Bragg
“We've heard so much about the American dream: well, Trump is the American nightmare made flesh. All the things about 'the ugly American' that we worry about and which the Americans see in themselves, it's all of that. This is a politics of egotistical display.” DreamWorryUglyNightmareAmerican DreamEgotistical Author:Billy Bragg
“And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody? You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.” WantFunWeapons Author:Alan King
“If we accuse Trump of being a liar, he won't just say 'I never said that' or just ignore it and go on to the next thing.” Liars Author:Billy Bragg
“Whether we like it or not, we live in a post-ideological world. That's how a Donald Trump can get through. He has no ideology at all: in that sense, he's a bit like Mussolini. I think that ultimately Trump will lose the election and in the process destroy the Republican party - but then I'm an optimist, ha ha ha! So he might not lose. He might be in charge of the largest nuclear arsenal in the world!” ThinkingWorldPartyRepublicanElectionIdeologyRepublican PartyOptimist Author:Billy Bragg