Jello Biafra

Don't hate the media, become the media.

— 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

You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football…

— Jello Biafra

I think Noam Chomsky is a national treasure - make that an international treasure.

— 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

A hairstyle's not a lifestyle.

— Jello Biafra

So basically the understanding on these so-called reissues is that they were done behind my back, without my permission, and the band…

— Jello Biafra

I got out of that immediately was that now, all of a sudden, rock music had become a spectator sport, that corporate…

— 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

It's very irresponsible as a parent to follow Tipper Gore or the Religious Right's advice and just take the offending CD or…

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

— Jello Biafra

They've gone to great length to disguise the fact that I'm not in the band, even sending out a photo to promoters…

— Jello Biafra

A lot of the best acting training I had was in junior high and high school. We had very demanding directors and…

— Jello Biafra

I am an anarchist in my personal life. I try to live my life in a way that I don't need cops…

— Jello Biafra

If you liked school, you're gonnnnna lovvvvve work!

— Jello Biafra

As a human being with notoriety and a big mouth, I've felt most threatened during the first Bush Administration. Whenever there's a…

— Jello Biafra

You have to be down here in the States to realize just how tightly controlled the corporate media is and how much…

— Jello Biafra

The United States has been declared under martial law...All constitutional rights have been suspended. Anyone interfering with the collection of urine samples…

— 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

The last true punk band to get a major label contract was The Dickies.

— Jello Biafra

I would hate to have "Holiday in Cambodia" become as tiresome to other people as hearing "Like a Rock" in a Chevrolet…

— Jello Biafra

I've been to enough other countries in the world to know what happens when you have socialized single-payer health care. It works.…

— Jello Biafra

I do fear for the generations of people who came of age thinking that pop-punk is what punk is, and that all…

— 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