If evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve. Jello Biafra More Quotes by Jello Biafra More Quotes From Jello Biafra Even the most Bush-happy, flag suckling jack-arse knows deep-down inside that something is wrong. America is over and everyone knows it. The New World Order has a dying empire odor and changing the channel ain't going to make this go away. Jello Biafra going-awayorderamerica Shut up, be happy. Obey all orders without question. The happiness you have demanded is now mandatory. Jello Biafra shut-uporder I am an anarchist in my personal life. I try to live my life in a way that I don't need cops or baby-sitters to keep me from infringing on others. But I don't feel we have evolved far enough as a species to make anarchy work in society itself. We still need government to transfer the wealth from those who have too much to those who have too little, to make sure important projects get done, and keep territorial humans from screwing over and killing each other. Jello Biafra governmentimportantbaby Heavy Metal is the most conservative of all loud music. Let's face it, not even a gym teacher could get as many people to dress alike. Jello Biafra dressesteacherpeople Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it. Jello Biafra corporationspunkproduce I enjoy getting people angry and getting underneath their skin, especially people who don't think. Jello Biafra skinspeoplethinking Our biggest national security threat is the environmental destruction of our planet and the arms race with ourselves. Jello Biafra environmentalarmsrace As a human being with notoriety and a big mouth, I've felt most threatened during the first Bush Administration. Whenever there's a Bush in the White House, many people die, and the rest of us are threatened. I just didn't think it would happen quite so quickly. The so-called USA Patriot Act, and the announcement of trying people in military tribunals if Bush or Rumsfeld's or Ashcroft's people think they somehow qualify as terrorists, basically, this is McCarthyism run amok. Jello Biafra militaryrunningthinking I've been to enough other countries in the world to know what happens when you have socialized single-payer health care. It works. People don't get sick as much. They don't lose their life savings with a catastrophic illness like cancer or AIDS. Jello Biafra cancercountrypeople I think there's plenty of room, even in the most serious activist circles, for humor. Humor can be very effective both to inspire, and as a weapon. Just ask Frank Zappa and Charlie Chaplin. Jello Biafra circlesinspirethinking For every prohibition you create, you also create an underground. Jello Biafra prohibition If voting could change anything, it would be illegal. Jello Biafra intriguingvotingwould-be You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course. Jello Biafra golffootballpeople 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. Jello Biafra cancerhippiemen This is my home. Home is where the disease is. As long as I stay in America, I'll never run out of subjects for songs. Jello Biafra homerunningsong My parents didn't hide reality. I watched cartoons and the news with equal fascination. Jello Biafra parentcartoonreality A hairstyle's not a lifestyle. Jello Biafra hairstyleslifestylestyle ...balance the budget ? Tax religion. Jello Biafra budgetstaxesbalance If you liked school, you're gonnnnna lovvvvve work! Jello Biafra ifsworkschool One of the best things that's come out of the Seattle protests is the birth of the Independent Media Center. It's not as though the independent media movement wasn't already there, but it's given it another jump-start. There's the feeling that not only should we report on our underground culture and our own situation, but now we have to start telling people what's really going on at a time when everything from CNN to USA Today is as tightly controlled as Tass or Pravda. Jello Biafra usaindependentmedia
