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
people use calculators
A lot of people... use a calculator!
mistake thinking people
If you're allowed to make your mistakes, I think you should. But people don't really like hearing you admit them. Although I'd never wanted to dump on the musicians that were involved in that.... Because it was not their fault.
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.
people want looks
I don't want to look back. I want to keep going forward, I still have something to say to people.
squares should-have people
Greed, it ain't going anywhere. They should have that in a big billboard across Times Square. Without people you're nothing
mean people world
People can change anything they want to, and that means everything in the world.
hands people rich
All the power's in the hands of people rich enough to buy it.
mimicking pretending
We sing in English, not mimicking some American rock singer's accent. That's just pretending to be something you ain't.
bit dad felt soft split stay stayed whatever
I get on all right with my parents. But I don't see them very much. They split up when I was eight. I stayed with my mum, but I felt it was a bit soft with her. I could do whatever I liked, and I wasn't getting nowhere, so I went to stay with my dad.
art found hopeless passed total
I found that I was just hopeless at school. It was just a total bore. First, I passed in art and English, and then just art. Then I passed out.
boarding considered gets home kids school sent yorkshire
The only place I considered home was the boarding school in Yorkshire my parents sent me to. It's easier, isn't it? I mean, it gets kids out the way, doesn't it?
english french nice played scenes
When we played Paris, the English punks would come over, and they got to know the French punks. There was some nice scenes in the back alleys.
father saw seen time twice
I only saw my father twice a year. If I'd seen him all the time I'd probably have murdered him by now. He was very strict.
america beer english-musician enjoy full hit playing singing sure
What I like about playing America is you can be pretty sure you're not going to get hit with a full can of beer when you're singing and I really enjoy that!