Billy Bragg Quotes

I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that.

As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.

Music can't change the world.

If your life changes, we can change the world, too.

Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.

I think that everyone has the power to make a change in the world.

I'm from the '60s, but no one has ever accused me of being a hippie. I never had much interest in the Woodstock crowd, which partied to change the world, while real people were starving to death in Africa.

Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change - it can not only move us, it makes us move.

Music can change the world because it can change people.

Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.

I still feel that a movie has to attempt to say something - even if it fails miserably. But I've sort of given up on believing that I'm going to change the world with every film I choose to act in.

I view music as entertainment. When I'm on stage, I don't look at that as a platform for sharing ideology. Otherwise I'd be a zealot myself. That's why, when people ask me, 'Do you think you can change the world through your music?' I say, 'I doubt it.'

There's no how-to guide for how to change the world. But it's easy to get hung up by misconceptions about what it takes to make an impact.

Live Aid turned our world upside down.

I think a lot of people came into rock n' roll to try to change the world. I came into rock n' roll to make music.

We didn’t make it perfect, but we did change the world.

Cinema is a mirror that can change the world.

Television has the power to push for change. We need to push it in that direction.

Policy is the way you can change the world.

We are always impacting the world...through our presence, energy, interactions - what kind of impact are we having?

Great companies start because the founders want to change the world... not make a fast buck.

In all honesty, I don't know what one song can change.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

What did you do to change the world today?

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