My parents didn't hide reality. I watched cartoons and the news with equal fascination.

Patriotism does not mean giving blind loyalty and a blank check to George W. Bush.

The underground scene is still a cool way to meet a lot of cool people, see a lot of interesting bands and get a lot of food for thought, but people have to remain curious and get their brain activity food from other places besides punk.

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 of cancer when you're 45 years old. It enrages me that these big cancer-research organizations can't be bothered to man the front lines of environmental protest.

I have very mixed feelings about Jesse Jackson. He's very good about labor, and human and civil rights issues, but not so good on cultural issues.

For every prohibition you create, you also create an underground.

Punk rock will never die, until something more dangerous replaces it.