My parents demonstrated against the Vietnam war, they were into the civil rights movement, the feminist movement, they started the first vegetarian restaurant in Pittsburgh.

Punk is just like any other sub culture or music. Straight rock music has those elements. I grew up in a place where the punk rock kids fed the homeless in the town square.

There are ways that we can manipulate the corporate media to talk about the issues that we care about.

If you don't write good music, people aren't going to listen to anything you say.

The best way to avoid warfare is if no one shows up.

We are simply human beings. So it is important for us to treat each other in that capacity.

My parents demonstrated against the Vietnam war, they were into the civil rights movement, the feminist movement, they started the first vegetarian restaurant in Pittsburgh.