Bad Religion Quotes
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The vocal arrangements are a big part of the formula for a Bad Religion song - layered harmonies and background vocals. So when I start to describe the elements of Bad Religion's sound, it starts to sound like a Christmas choir.
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Obviously he's a lot better on clay, so I tried to press his forehand and make points on my terms instead of his.
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John Lewis said that if he didn't reach a critical mass in recruiting technicians, he would fold his tent and go away. I'm waiting for that to happen.
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It's extremely hard to get rid of any population. When they say polio is essentially wiped out, it's not. If we let up on the vaccinations, it will make a come back.
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I definitely was attracted to similar things in punk and science. They both depend on a healthy dose of skepticism.
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It has become very influential. Most chains await the outcome each year and are eager to dig into the details.
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Life is never static. Despite catastrophic tragedies, life has persisted in evolving new varieties of unimaginable forms. I find comfort in the narrative of evolutionary history.
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This one crushes me personally because all the things that I wanted him to improve on he was improving on, and it was happening sooner than I expected, ... I was really expecting him to come out of the bye just playing head and shoulders above expectations and was really looking forward to it. I saw it building.
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You can't take up all the music bins at a CD retail outlet with Spice Girls CDs and leave nothing for the Joan Jett catalogue.
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I don't think workaholic is in the dictionary as an affliction, but it's obviously someone who has a disease, and I don't feel diseased by it. I just think that I enjoy life and life has many offerings. I feel lucky to be able to have a forum to share a lot of these ideas.
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The only consistent quote was that it brought peace to the house. Parents argue with their kids about media all the time, almost daily. After using Bob for one or two days, the kids accept that 'this is Mum and Dad's rule, and we can't do anything about it'. It becomes a non-issue.
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Folk music usually has an emphasis on the lyrics and melody. And those lyrics are usually relevant in some way. And it's populist in scope, which is also true of Bad Religion. So it's more meant to draw some parallels between the two. And I think even my voice and my delivery can be thought of as a little bit folky.
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I'm saying that there were many great naturalists before Darwin's time who were very pious people and who knew more about nature than most of us. These were great naturalists; people I would admire for their knowledge of natural science given the time.
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One of our great thematic traditions in Bad Religion has been to question human nature.
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A fossil is so powerful. It's moving. This is my ancestor. The naturalist is moved by the fossil... not the cross.
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I've always been on a quest to use science in an artful way.
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Knowledge is organized data. For it to be shelved as human knowledge it's got to be predictable, repeatable, all the basics of scientific validation have to be there.
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You can't let your personal disposition be dictated by the world around you.
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People need to understand the basics of evolution if they are going to reject it—otherwise, they are not contributing anything productive to modern society.
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So much of the habitat destruction and pollution is based on the simple principle that we somehow have been given free license over other species to degrade the planet.
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Unfortunately, the average guy on the street believes that studying evolution leads to atheism.
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It's been an objective of mine since I started writing songs to include both intellect and energy.
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Pat's impact is that you can't just double Kevin anymore and single-block the other guy. Pat gives us some swagger against the run. He's determined that no one will run the ball on us because of him. Guys buy into that and start having high expectations for themselves, and I think that helps the whole defense.
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We had already come back once, so we knew we could do it again when they took that lead.