Jello Biafra

What I'm getting at is, you know, if we really want to get serious about helping all the people living in the…

— Jello Biafra

All of these reissues were not authorized by me, I do not endorse them, the live album was put out without my…

— Jello Biafra

And we will NOT let Campbell's Soup, Old Navy, or anybody ELSE, HAMMER into the minds of girls as YOUNG as SIX…

— Jello Biafra

Punk was originally about creating new, important, energetic music that would hopefully threaten the status quo and the stupidity of the 1970s.

— Jello Biafra

We need a new law that owners of SUVs (Sport Utility Vehicles) are automatically in the military reserve. Then they can go…

— Jello Biafra

Growing up in a family that listened to almost nothing but classical music had its effects, as well. "California Über Alles," the…

— Jello Biafra

No matter what I do, my songs come out in a certain style, and if that sounds like Dead Kennedys, then there's…

— Jello Biafra

Another part of what gave me a questioning, rabble-rousing, activist heart and soul is that when all these heavy events went down,…

— Jello Biafra

Looking back, I didn't realize until years later what a huge influence Red Skelton was in my stage demeanor with the band.…

— Jello Biafra

The boyfriend of the student music teacher came in: "Hey, kids, this is a real Air Force pilot." I asked him something…

— Jello Biafra

I think one of the beauties so far of the so-called Spirit of Seattle is there aren't any leaders, pop stars, or…

— Jello Biafra

It depends on the situation. I mean, on one hand there's the argument that people should be left alone on the other…

— Jello Biafra

When my sixth grade teacher opened the class with subtle praise for the guardsmen shooting four people to death at Kent State,…

— Jello Biafra

We've never had a situation where mass media has been so censored, at least in my lifetime. When I was younger, networks…

— Jello Biafra

I don't think it's too hippie to want to clean up the planet so you don't wind up dying of some kind…

— Jello Biafra

What does it say about our country when people are so desperate for an alternative to our one-party state masquerading as a…

— Jello Biafra

I'm appalled at how many people my age, or even five or ten years younger, have no tangible memories of important history…

— Jello Biafra

Jimi Hendrix once said, 'You will never hear surf music again.' Well, tonight, you will hear 'serf' music again - S-E-R-F music.

— Jello Biafra

I think there's plenty of room, even in the most serious activist circles, for humor. Humor can be very effective both to…

— Jello Biafra

Any alternative culture that inspires a lot of passion and inspiration is also in danger of being set in its ways, almost…

— Jello Biafra

I went through a big Alice Cooper phase, which was probably a major influence on my writing style later, especially after Plastic…

— Jello Biafra

That's the way both they and I travel sometimes. Pick road at random, and when it's time to pull over, you pull…

— Jello Biafra