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> [There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-strummer/there-is-nothing-more-common-than-unsuccessful-men-with-talent/)

[Joe Strummer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-strummer/)

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## More by Joe Strummer

> [everybody has a story to tell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-strummer/everybody-has-a-story-to-tell/)

[Joe Strummer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-strummer/)

> [Nonsmokers should be banned from buying any product a smoker created.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-strummer/nonsmokers-should-be-banned-from-buying-any-product-a-smoker-created/)

[Joe Strummer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-strummer/)

> [Everyone has got to realise you can't hold onto the past if you want any future. Each second should lead to the next one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-strummer/everyone-has-got-to-realise-you-can-t-hold-onto-the-past-if-you-want/)

[Joe Strummer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-strummer/)

> [I'd like to say that people... people can change anything they want to; and that means everything in the world. Show me any country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-strummer/i-d-like-to-say-that-people-people-can-change-anything-they-want-to/)

[Joe Strummer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-strummer/)

> [I have a weird life because I live on songwriting royalties, which are a strange income. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it doesn't. ... I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-strummer/i-have-a-weird-life-because-i-live-on-songwriting-royalties-which-are/)

[Joe Strummer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-strummer/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-strummer/i-m-kind-of-like-one-of-those-people-that-picks-up-small-and/)

[Joe Strummer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-strummer/)

> [There isn't a town in the world I haven't run amok in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-strummer/there-isn-t-a-town-in-the-world-i-haven-t-run-amok-in/)

[Joe Strummer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-strummer/)

> [When I started, they told me I only needed 3 chords and the truth... It turned out I could manage with 2 and some vague ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-strummer/when-i-started-they-told-me-i-only-needed-3-chords-and-the-truth-it/)

[Joe Strummer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-strummer/)

> [“As the floods of God Wash away sin city They say it was written In the page of the Lord But I was looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-strummer/as-the-floods-of-god-wash-away-sin-city-they-say-it-was-written-in/)

[Joe Strummer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-strummer/)

> [I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-strummer/i-m-far-more-dangerous-now-because-i-don-t-care-at-all/)

[Joe Strummer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-strummer/)

> [The hippy movement was a failure. All hippies around now just represent complete apathy. There's a million good reasons why the thing failed, OK.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-strummer/the-hippy-movement-was-a-failure-all-hippies-around-now-just/)

[Joe Strummer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-strummer/)

> [I don't want to look back. I want to keep going forward, I still have something to say to people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-strummer/i-don-t-want-to-look-back-i-want-to-keep-going-forward-i-still-have/)

[Joe Strummer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-strummer/)

> [A lot of people... use a calculator!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-strummer/a-lot-of-people-use-a-calculator/)

[Joe Strummer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-strummer/)

> [I'm proud of all our records. Even the crap ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-strummer/i-m-proud-of-all-our-records-even-the-crap-ones/)

[Joe Strummer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-strummer/)

> [In fact, punk rock means exemplary manners to your fellow human beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-strummer/in-fact-punk-rock-means-exemplary-manners-to-your-fellow-human-beings/)

[Joe Strummer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-strummer/)

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