It's Not A Very Popular Subject Amongst My Audience, Who Are By Nature More Internationalist, But I Don't Choose What To Write About, I Don't Choose My Subjects, They Kind Of Choose Me. - SearchQuotes

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It's not a very popular subject amongst my audience, who are by nature more internationalist, but I don't choose what to write about, I don't choose my subjects, they kind of choose me.

Billy Bragg

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