Joe Strummer
Joe Strummer
John Graham Mellor, known by his stage name Joe Strummer, was a British musician, singer, actor and songwriter who was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of the Clash, a punk rock band that was formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Their music also incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, and rockabilly. The Clash were one of the most prominent of the emerging bands in the UK punk rock scene,...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth21 August 1952
bees honey killing
When you're out to get the honey you don't go killing all the bees
heart back-to-work
With The Simpsons you can go back to work with a keen heart.
hey faults causes
When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there.
robots speech written
Anybody who makes speeches written by someone else is just a robot.
techno
There is a time to dance to techno and a time not to.
holiday thinking rocks
I just want to go back to rockin', but I'm uncertain as to what to actually do ... The truth is, I never stopped thinking about rock 'n' roll for a second that I'm on holiday.
buying should banned
Nonsmokers should be banned from buying any product a smoker created.
confused mean rocks
What's holding me up is I'm confused about the nature of the music. Because the modern music doesn't reach me. I mean to say the sound of the modern electric production. A lot of sequencers... synths. That's what people are buying. Because that doesn't reach me, it throws me back to like 1948, but I don't want to be there. Back there, I'm talking about blues records.... The roots of rock 'n' roll is rhythm and blues and that's like really where I'm at, where I was always at.
hippie apathy
All hippies around now just represent complete apathy.
music running world
There isn't a town in the world I haven't run amok in.
stories
everybody has a story to tell
letting-go interesting people
I`m kind of like one of those people that picks up small and interesting bits of wood and doesn`t want to let go of them. Or, you know, I`m fascinated with the wrapper on a sardine can. A little cuckoo.
home school parent
The only place I considered home was the boarding school, in Yorkshire, my parents sent me to.
trying harder
We aren't particularly talented. We try harder!