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
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
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
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
I think English punk died in '79 or '80. Maybe '82 at the latest. As far as American punk goes, it wasn't… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
As a scientist, of course, we have to believe there is no supernatural. There are only natural entities in the universe. And… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I don't bill myself as an atheist but as a naturalist. Naturalism is a belief system. A lot of scientists bristle at… — Greg Graffin Atheist Copy Share Image
The trick is: how do you talk about natural selection without implying the rigidity of law? We use it as almost an… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
When I create, I feel that I am a participant in the grand pageant of life, a part of the ongoing creative… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
Academic scientists aren't generally interested in books for the public. So when one comes out, the authors can't expect much praise from… — Greg Graffin Academic Copy Share Image
It gives evolutionary biologists great status if they champion competition and the economists have to consult them. The economists have to consult… — Greg Graffin Biologist Copy Share Image
I believe in strong legislation for the environment. So the only question is being smart enough and educated enough to scrutinize the… — Greg Graffin Being smart Copy Share Image
People are still very uncomfortable with the idea that humans are not specially created species. I believe we are a fantastic species.… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
Folk music usually has an emphasis on the lyrics and melody. And those lyrics are usually relevant in some way. And it's… — Greg Graffin Delivery Copy Share Image
I'm saying that there were many great naturalists before Darwin's time who were very pious people and who knew more about nature… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I bill myself as a naturalist because if you say you're a naturalist, it gives people a conversation point to talk about… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, science meshed with my developing ideals - such as the challenge to authority that was central to… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I was in a choir as a kid. It was from those early days that my outlook on harmonies and arrangements were… — Greg Graffin Arrangements Copy Share Image
There are so many ways to characterize evolutionary success. If one criterion is the number of millions of years that the species… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
Every place has its own punk flavor, but they all borrowed ideas from SoCal. It's still a vibrant scene creeping into every… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
There's going to be competition because there are not enough resources. Resources grow arithmetically, populations grow exponentially. You can't ever have enough… — Greg Graffin Competition Copy Share Image
Ideologically, the pursuit of science is not that different from the ideology that goes into punk rock. The idea of challenging authority… — Greg Graffin Authority Copy Share Image
I call myself a naturalist as opposed to an atheist, but there are different styles. Some people just like to be close… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
My science teachers always encouraged their classes to 'go out and discover something' because all scientific endeavors depend on observation and experimentation.… — Greg Graffin Class Copy Share Image
I don't mind if other people call me an atheist, but I call myself a naturalist. Atheism doesn't tell you much about… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
Almost everyone shuts down when science becomes too technical; you've got to infuse it with entertainment and storytelling to make it effective.… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
Science is very vibrant. There are always new observations to be found. And it's all in the interest in challenging the authority… — Greg Graffin Authority Copy Share Image
The creativity inherent in life is the counterbalance to tragedy. It affirms our belief that life is a good thing and provides… — Greg Graffin Creativity Copy Share Image
When we look back on this time and we are going to see what the Internet brought us, and social media brought… — Greg Graffin Disorganization Copy Share Image
We should enjoy and make the most of life, not because we are in constant fear of what might happen to us… — Greg Graffin Afterlife Copy Share Image
Society has to be structured such that there are checks and balances, so that it can't be manipulated, for instance, for the… — Greg Graffin Balance Copy Share Image
I don't really bill myself as an atheist, even though there is a lot of atheism in naturalism. I would rather bill… — Greg Graffin Atheism Copy Share Image
I've known a lot of people who were punkers who went on to get academic degrees. Very few of them, however, continued… — Greg Graffin Academic Copy Share Image
We have a creative drive, but not all creative experiments are successful. In nature, there are many lineages of organisms that you… — Greg Graffin Biology Copy Share Image
I got interested in palaeontology and vertebrate history - sparked by books on human evolution - then vertebrate evolution. Studying with palaeontologists… — Greg Graffin Biology Copy Share Image
