Jello Biafra quotes - page 3

Jello Biafra is an American punk rock musician and political activist, most famously the lead singer of the Dead Kennedys. His outspoken lyrics and controversial performances made him an influential figure in both music and countercultural politics. He continues to engage in activism, spoken word performances, and independent music projects. Here are 64 of his quotes:

If I get even five per cent of my ideas out and documented before I die, I'll be lucky. I'm not in danger of running out of riffs or ideas anytime soon. They overwhelm me and it's hard to find time to deal with them.

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No matter what I do, my songs come out in a certain style, and if that sounds like Dead Kennedys, then there's probably a reason for it. Don't forget, I wrote most of those songs, music and lyrics.

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If I go without rock for too long, I feel depressed.

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I think one of the most important things punk brought back was the whole concept of staying independent and doing things yourself. It made music a lot less boring in any category you can name.

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Well, I don't think I'll ever stop being frustrated or feel fulfilled artistically.

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Any alternative culture that inspires a lot of passion and inspiration is also in danger of being set in its ways, almost from the moment it's born.

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You've got to have an ego as big as Mars to want to think that you, of all people, are better than anyone else to be president of the United States. People that vain, they want their place in history, and they want to be able to control how much they'll be worshipped by future generations.

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What they're not doing is marketing the Dead Kennedys in the spirit of what the band stood for.

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That's the way both they and I travel sometimes. Pick road at random, and when it's time to pull over, you pull over and hope you can find a place to crash.

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Respecting other people's cultures is well and good, but I draw the line at where some branches of Islam, what they do to women. It's indefensible.

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I didn't really start writing music or lyrics or turning them into songs until I went to San Francisco.

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Dick Cheney - "Dick 'The Dick' Cheney", Dick Chinny.

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