Chicken John Quotes

United States, Musician
March 20, 1968

"Chicken" John Rinaldi is a musician, showman, activist, and author living in San Francisco, California. He is involved with the San Francisco arts community as well as the Burning Man community. In what he referred to as "an experiment", he ran for Mayor in the 2007 San Francisco mayoral election, during which he wore fake mustaches, debated a puppet, and arranged costumed flash mobs to occur at campaign events, in an effort to be as flippant a candidate as possible.

Also known as Showman, Activist, Author

High-end boutiques aren't putting small staple stores out of business. What's putting small staple stores out of business is formula retail.

Chicken John
- Stores
- Formulas
- Retail
I respect your right to worship Satan, or to worship a tea kettle, or to be a NIMBY, or to be an asshole. There's no law against being an asshole.

Chicken John
- Law
- Tea
- Worship

I think that chain stores in general are really super depressing and I think it really sucks the life out of a city such as San Francisco.

Chicken John
- Cities
- Chains
- Depressing
If San Francisco is indeed a city of leaders, then I think we should lead, and if we don't want a chain store, then we should say so loudly.

Chicken John
- Leader
- Cities
- Chains
We all have to pick our battles. You've got to draw a line in the sand and stand firm. And it's this squishiness that's really the enemy, like, "Well, I don't know, it's kind of OK but I kind of feel guilty, and I kind of want a bran muffin, I don't know, and I'm wearing a vest; it's crocheted." Shut up. Just pick your battle and just stand there, and whatever you are going to do, own it.

Chicken John
- Kind
- Enemy
- Guilty
You eat the burger but you don't want the slaughterhouse next door to where you live.

Chicken John
- Doors
- Next
- Burgers
I do not agree that NIMBYism is wrong morally. I believe that NIMBYism is wrong ethically. It's a personal choice.

Chicken John
- Choices
- Agree