I think it says in the Bible, there is a time to dance to techno and a time not to.
— Joe Strummer
‘I’ve got no doubt the fourth dimension exists. But is it just like the world we’re trying to escape from?
I need to know if you’re allowed to smoke in there…
I need to know if you’re allowed to smoke in there…
— Joe Strummer
I began thinking there should be an American phrase book, ‘cause I’ve got an Italian phrase book, and an Arabic one… now a British one. I think it’d be pretty good to have an American phrase book.
— Joe Strummer
I bought a ukulele, no joke. I got together some money, I think £1.99, and bought it on Shaftesbury Avenue. So the musician I was always playing with on the streets taught me to play the song Johnny B Goode. […] When I was alone with that ukelele and Johnny B. Goode for the first time…that’s how it started.
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- Joe Strummer on the beginning of his career in music









