We delude ourselves into believing that morality comes from somewhere else, whereas in reality we behave as we've been told to behave.

I've always been on a quest to use science in an artful way.

One of our great thematic traditions in Bad Religion has been to question human nature.

Ideologically, the pursuit of science is not that different from the ideology that goes into punk rock. The idea of challenging authority is consistent with what I have been taught as a scientist.

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.

I guess rock stars are role models for the kids who listen to that music. My role models have all been geologists - you know, the guys who are doing fieldwork until they're 70.