108 Quotes by Joe Strummer

With The Simpsons you can go back to work with a keen heart.

The only place I considered home was the boarding school, in Yorkshire, my parents sent me to.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

We sing in English, not mimicking some American rock singer's accent. That's just pretending to be something you ain't.

We did eight gigs in super-stadiums, all the biggest joints - L.A. Coliseum, Oakland Coliseum, Shea Stadium.