“When I was in 4th, 5th, and 6th grade, Green Day was my formative entr...” — Julien Baker Quote

“When I was in 4th, 5th, and 6th grade, Green Day was my formative entry to punk. I wish I could say I was listening to Minor Threat and Black Flag, but I wasn't. Bay Area punk bands were doing it right.”

“Especially in the sphere of social activism, I think we tend to unwittingly conceptualize progress or revolution as black and white and having a clear beginning and end.”

“The midterms are a chance for people to vote out those they believe are failing to address the concerns of citizens.”

“They were heading out to the middle of the bay - the Gulf - that's another thing that became kind of standard practice, we didn't hurry the destroyers around the beach any more, when it got dark, we'd take 'em out thirty or forty miles out in the middle of the Tonkin Gulf.”

“Most of the time, I get around perfectly well on my bike and public transportation, even in spite of the Bay Area's almost comically shambolic system.”

“Nico Santos I've known from Bay Area stand-up, and he lives right by me so we hang out all the time.”