One of the things that all religions have is a narrative of doomsday. There has to be some kind of overarching fear… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I don't think workaholic is in the dictionary as an affliction, but it's obviously someone who has a disease, and I don't… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
So much of the habitat destruction and pollution is based on the simple principle that we somehow have been given free license… — Greg Graffin Climate Copy Share Image
The thrill of science is the process. It's a social process. It's a process of collective discovery. It's debate, it's experimentation and… — Greg Graffin Adventure Copy Share Image
Bad Religion's tradition has always been to try and provoke people but hopefully lead them to a better sense of who they… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
The naturalist worldview is a good way to feel grounded and feel part of something that isn't based on fairy tales. It's… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, science cannot be reduced to short, catchy phrases. And if this is all that the general public can comprehend, it's no… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
People who are creative, who do it as a lifestyle, it's kind of silly to make that claim you're done, because you… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
Science is the first expression of punk, because it doesn't advance without challenging authority. It doesn't make progress without tearing down what… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
Creativity is a challenge. It requires us to be fully human -- autonomous yet engaged, independent yet interdependent. Creativity bridges the conflict… — Greg Graffin Bridges Copy Share Image
Most songwriters who have been lucky enough to have their song on the radio or be heard widely don't know anything about… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I grew up playing football since the day I could walk; some of my greatest memories of childhood are playing touch football… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
Whether or not punk is the flavor of the month is not important for us. Bad Religion has been popular through many… — Greg Graffin Climate Copy Share Image
You can look at Bad Religion, and, really, almost everything I've ever done was an exercise in creativity. I've always had a… — Greg Graffin Authority Copy Share Image
Our faith should be expressed in working toward a better planet for our children and not the selfish, juvenile hope for a… — Greg Graffin Afterlife Copy Share Image
I've written almost 200 songs with Bad Religion. No matter where you look in our history, the focus has been trying to… — Greg Graffin Artistic Copy Share Image
I struggled to keep one foot in music and one in academia. I had worked on my Ph.D. for three years full… — Greg Graffin Academia Copy Share Image
It's extremely hard to get rid of any population. When they say polio is essentially wiped out, it's not. If we let… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I was a pretty average student, really good in some subjects, hopeless in others. I am really hopeless with numbers. The only… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
Bad Religion took a long time to develop into gold-record-status artists. Along the way we learned and applied our knowledge, and Atlantic… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
Knowledge is organized data. For it to be shelved as human knowledge it's got to be predictable, repeatable, all the basics of… — Greg Graffin Basics Copy Share Image
Life is never static. Despite catastrophic tragedies, life has persisted in evolving new varieties of unimaginable forms. I find comfort in the… — Greg Graffin Evolving Copy Share Image
It's not a random chance that we have Alanis Morissette. She didn't evolve out of a null and void. She came from… — Greg Graffin Artist Copy Share Image
I was never raised with the traditional story of creation in religion, and because of that I think I had a lot… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
There is so much in this world to be skeptical about if you want to be a skeptical a**hole. I'm kind of… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I'm a biologist, so... Which I think should be mandatory. Biology should be mandatory. Mathematics? They say we don't know enough about… — Greg Graffin Biologist Copy Share Image
The vocal arrangements are a big part of the formula for a Bad Religion song - layered harmonies and background vocals. So… — Greg Graffin Arrangements Copy Share Image
Bad Religion has never been about criticizing people who are Christian. But we've always been about pointing out the irony and contradictions… — Greg Graffin Challenges Copy Share Image
In the family, in interpersonal relationships, even in friendship, faith is tremendously important. If you have a partner who you believe is… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say there's a need for the Spice Girls, but I'd say there's a place for the Spice Girls. There's certainly… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
For me there are many ways to teach; it doesn't have to be at a university. I might be a teaching assistant… — Greg Graffin Education Copy Share Image
If you go back far enough and get a wider enough picture of history, we have let go of many things that… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
If there is no destiny, there is no design. There's only life and death. My goal is to learn about life by… — Greg Graffin Death Copy Share Image
Here's the thing, who cares what you have to look at, I'm a big advocate of not obscuring vistas, but even if… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
In the 1970s, we had Carl Sagan, and he was so suave with his turtleneck and his tweed jacket. And he was,… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
This era in human existence where so much information is out there, it's easy for someone like Donald Trump to use that… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
