If you go back to ‘Pretty Fly,’ it was a very popish song, but there was a satirical side to it, and I think that’s cool. I like the idea that it’s making people think just a little bit. Dexter Holland Read Quote
There’s something undeniably oxymoronic about a ‘successful’ rock n’ roll band. Who wants to hear a bunch of success stories whining about their success? More importantly, what can be the drive behind a band, what can they have to rage against when they are successes? That’s a dichotomy every successful band wrestles with. Dexter Holland Read Quote
Who decides what is and what isn’t punk? I want to write songs that people hear and feel, and I want to be successful and reach a big audience. I’m not trying to be the coolest guy in the world; I’m trying to write songs that mean something to people. As you get successful, sometimes you lose one set of fans and gain another. Dexter Holland Read Quote
I haven’t been able to write a song about flying. It just sounds cheesy. But for me, there’s nothing like being up there. Dexter Holland Read Quote
Selling another 10 million albums is not a priority. Putting out something you’re proud of is. Dexter Holland Read Quote
You can’t sing about the same things as you did when you were 20; it would be ridiculous to sing about, I don’t know, being in the quad. You can’t really write about mortgage payments or stuff like that… but you can talk about ‘let’s make the world a better place.’ Dexter Holland Read Quote
I think music is so diverse today, and bands are so diverse. If you were a rock band in the Eighties, you kind of had to stick to one thing. Now, in this age of Coachella and European festivals and stuff, it’s kind of anything goes, so that allowed us to try different things. Dexter Holland Read Quote
Punk rock wasn’t a career choice. It was a hobby that we did for fun. We never thought we’d get as big as our idols in T.S.O.L. or certainly not the Ramones. Dexter Holland Read Quote
Punk rock is very rebellious, of course, but it also means thinking for yourself. Dexter Holland Read Quote
