Jello Biafra quotes - page 2

Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it. (Jello Biafra)
I am an anarchist in my personal life. I try to live my life in a way that I don't need cops or baby-sitters to keep me from infringing on others. But I don't feel we have evolved far enough as a species to make anarchy work in society itself. We still need government to transfer the wealth from those who have too much to those who have too little, to make sure important projects get done, and keep territorial humans from screwing over and killing each other. View quote
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You have to be down here in the States to realize just how tightly controlled the corporate media is and how much they practise Soviet-style censorship through creative omission. View quote
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I've never been a big fan of subtle art. I like art that gets deep into my head and starts my brain spinning with new ideas and inspiration and my whole body is full of energy. View quote
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I think Noam Chomsky is a national treasure - make that an international treasure. View quote
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When people are asleep, we must all become alarm clocks. View quote
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My parents didn't hide reality. I watched cartoons and the news with equal fascination. View quote
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The jury had down right contempt for punk rock grass roots ethics. View quote
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I went through a big Alice Cooper phase, which was probably a major influence on my writing style later, especially after Plastic Surgery Disasters. View quote
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Punk was originally about creating new, important, energetic music that would hopefully threaten the status quo and the stupidity of the 1970s. View quote
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Once you get involved with bloodsport litigation, you can not only get drunk on your own greed but start to believe your own lies. (Jello Biafra)
I got involved because I wanted to help inspire more people to get off their butts and register and vote - not just in this election, but in every other election from now on, you know? View quote
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I have very mixed feelings about Jesse Jackson. He's very good about labor, and human and civil rights issues, but not so good on cultural issues. View quote
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The Sonics I found later and that was pretty important. View quote
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I'm totally down with insurrection in the street. I've had a great time with that over the years. Insurrection in the voting booth is the other part of the equation. View quote
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There's sort of an open offer to work with a guy in Los Angeles who does big band and orchestra arrangements who was at least an acquaintance to Les Baxter before he passed away. View quote
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What I'm getting at is, you know, if we really want to get serious about helping all the people living in the street and getting people jobs, we could just hire half the people in the country to spy on the other half. View quote
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When there's people on the other side of the room trying to wipe out your life and things are stacked against you, you can get nervous. View quote
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It depends on the situation. I mean, on one hand there's the argument that people should be left alone on the other hand, there's the argument to wade in a stop slaughters in places like Bosnia and Kosovo and what we probably should have done in Rwanda. View quote
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Then as I got older, I always gravitated towards the hard stuff, Born To Be Wild, then Black Sabbath. View quote
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The last true punk band to get a major label contract was The Dickies. (Jello Biafra)
Let me start by saying, I'm utterly disgusted with the former members of the Dead Kennedys. View quote
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So basically the understanding on these so-called reissues is that they were done behind my back, without my permission, and the band informed me that I would no longer be paid on them at all. View quote
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This is my home. Home is where the disease is. As long as I stay in America, I'll never run out of subjects for songs. View quote
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I think that what's perceived as punk out in shopping malls or in chain stores or on MTV has almost nothing to do with what punk is about. View quote
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