I Got Turned On To

If Evolution Is Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Evolve.

I Saw The Ramones, Early On At A Country-rock Palace In Denver. They Were Opening For Some Record-company Band, So The Local Music Establishment, And I Emphasize The Word "establishment," Was There In Force, And The Handful Of Us Who Knew The Ramones Were Up In Front. And Half The Fun Was, You Know, Not Only Were The Ramones The Most Powerful Band I Had Ever Seen At That Point, But They Made It Look So Simple - That Anyone Could Do It, Hell, Even I Could Do It. This Is What I Should Be Doing.

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.

I Went To Seattle As Just Another Geek In The Food Chain, Thinking, "well, In My Own Puny Little Way, I'd Rather Be A Part Of History Than Just Sit And Watch It On Tv." So, The Fact That So Many People Are Starting To Ask The Right Questions And Rack Their Brains For Solutions Does Give Me Hope.

All My Different Kinds Of Artwork Have Been Designed To Inspire People To Think. They May Not Always Agree With Me, But At Least They Will Have Some Feelings And Some Passion About Whatever It Is.