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> [What we get in punk these days are layers of 'anti-', and so many of them are so self-serving. It's not about larger freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-rickly/what-we-get-in-punk-these-days-are-layers-of-anti-and-so-many-of-them/)

[Geoff Rickly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-rickly/)

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> [What we get in punk these days is the "anti-anti": Someone comes up with something, then the next generation is against that, and then the next generation is against that, and then that thing becomes a problem. There's these layers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-rickly/what-we-get-in-punk-these-days-is-the-anti-anti-someone-comes-up-with/)

[Geoff Rickly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-rickly/)

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## More by Geoff Rickly

> [People see musicians on a huge stage playing a festival for 80,000 people and are like, "Oh, they have such magnetism," but it always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-rickly/people-see-musicians-on-a-huge-stage-playing-a-festival-for-80-000/)

[Geoff Rickly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-rickly/)

> [I'm still totally going out and sleeping on people's floors so I can play a house show and give away music. Of course I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-rickly/i-m-still-totally-going-out-and-sleeping-on-people-s-floors-so-i-can/)

[Geoff Rickly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-rickly/)

> [Art is the one thing that's the universal virtue that you can have in any class.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-rickly/art-is-the-one-thing-that-s-the-universal-virtue-that-you-can-have-in/)

[Geoff Rickly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-rickly/)

> [Even though it's an unpopular paradigm, wear your heart on your sleeve, and mean what you say. Believe in what you say, and there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-rickly/even-though-it-s-an-unpopular-paradigm-wear-your-heart-on-your-sleeve/)

[Geoff Rickly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-rickly/)

> [We should self-examine and talk about things like our own white privilege and these phony senses of being an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-rickly/we-should-self-examine-and-talk-about-things-like-our-own-white/)

[Geoff Rickly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-rickly/)

> [As a band, it's just me trying to please my own basement-hardcore sensibilities that I grew up with. It's not actually the future of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-rickly/as-a-band-it-s-just-me-trying-to-please-my-own-basement-hardcore/)

[Geoff Rickly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-rickly/)

> [What we get in punk these days are layers of 'anti-', and so many of them are so self-serving. It's not about larger freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-rickly/what-we-get-in-punk-these-days-are-layers-of-anti-and-so-many-of-them/)

[Geoff Rickly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-rickly/)

> [There's definitely privilege in the upper classes, but as a whole, music can be enjoyed by anybody who can gather around a radio.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-rickly/there-s-definitely-privilege-in-the-upper-classes-but-as-a-whole/)

[Geoff Rickly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-rickly/)

> [What we get in punk these days is the "anti-anti": Someone comes up with something, then the next generation is against that, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-rickly/what-we-get-in-punk-these-days-is-the-anti-anti-someone-comes-up-with/)

[Geoff Rickly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-rickly/)

> [I got married in Vegas on Warped Tour on July 4 - that's how crazy my life has been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-rickly/i-got-married-in-vegas-on-warped-tour-on-july-4-that-s-how-crazy-my/)

[Geoff Rickly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-rickly/)

> [Punk is no longer a subculture or a counterculture in any way. It's totally just a small reflecting mirror for the same things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-rickly/punk-is-no-longer-a-subculture-or-a-counterculture-in-any-way-it-s/)

[Geoff Rickly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-rickly/)

> [The future of punk rock has nothing to do with guitars. Everything interesting that I've heard in years has been nearly all electronic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-rickly/the-future-of-punk-rock-has-nothing-to-do-with-guitars-everything/)

[Geoff Rickly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-rickly/)

> [People aren't really paying attention when they're listening to your record, so unless you're shouting exactly what you want them to hear, they don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-rickly/people-aren-t-really-paying-attention-when-they-re-listening-to-your/)

[Geoff Rickly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-rickly/)

> [I know how absurd things can get. I've had years where I've had questionable things going on in my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-rickly/i-know-how-absurd-things-can-get-i-ve-had-years-where-i-ve-had/)

[Geoff Rickly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-rickly/)

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