Punk Paradox Quotes

“Punk has been a fine journey so far, even though it is constantly beset by naysayers, detractors, petty thieves, and prejudiced fundamentalists. It persists despite these ugly human adornments of civilized society.”
― Greg Graffin, Punk Paradox: A Memoir

“We pick and choose the events and people that are most significant to the stories that we want to tell about ourselves. The creation of identity depends on this process of ascribing meaning to past events. How we envision ourselves dictates the story we tell. But what about the stories that other people tell about us? That is called legacy.”
― Greg Graffin, Punk Paradox: A Memoir

“The most vociferous critics are actually projecting their own self-doubt, revealing secret transgressions of their own behavior. If you want to understand the person pointing the finger, just imagine their finger turned around, somehow aimed at their own subconsciousness.”
― Greg Graffin, Punk Paradox: A Memoir

“It was, essentially (I believed), what Charles Darwin was saying to the theologians with his theory of evolution: groupthink is bunk, popular consensus is bullshit, and thoughtless, uncritical populism should be resisted as a personal constitution.”
― Greg Graffin, Punk Paradox: A Memoir

“Being educated is one thing nobody can take away from you. It takes lots of tax money to create a society of well-funded schools. Using taxes for schools is an ethical and moral proclamation of your community. It says that the focus of our society is centered on improvement, development, and nurturing of the thing that is most important: the people. Living in a society of uneducated people is misery, no matter how rich you are. What does it say about you if your sparkling neighborhood is totally surrounded, soon to be engulfed, by blocks and blocks of squalor and ignorance? It says you must be kidding yourself that your island is any kind of paradise.”
― Greg Graffin, Punk Paradox: A Memoir