Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it. Votes: 5
Jello BiafraPunk will never be dead to me. It's my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me. Votes: 4
Billie Joe ArmstrongPunk rock is very rebellious, of course, but it also means thinking for yourself. Votes: 3
Dexter HollandPunk music is perfect for me because I'm not, like, a master at any instrument. Votes: 3
James PaxtonMy music is pretty honest. I can't rap on science fiction. Punk is from the street. Votes: 3
Rick JamesWhen I want something, I want it now, and Daft Punk taught me to be more patient. Votes: 3
Pedro WinterPunk rock has become another viable art form. It always was. But now it's like everyone's doing it. Votes: 3
Tre CoolDaft Punk wouldn't have normally fit into anything that was pop on the radio, but they just did it. Votes: 3
Danger MouseThis isn't CM Punk talking to Triple H, this is Phil Brooks talking to Paul Levesque Votes: 3
CM PunkThe problem is we moved to LA... The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican. Votes: 2
Trey ParkerI was a punk. I think that's why I'm such a good person now, because I was such a bad guy then. Votes: 2
Adam OatesI was the punk outsider who nobody messed with. I was fearless. At 16, I graduated and moved out. Votes: 1
Angelina JolieWhen skateboarding and punk merged, it really became a large teen subculture. Votes: 0
Jeffrey DeitchA lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing. Votes: 0
Travis BarkerI would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football. Votes: 0
Billie Joe ArmstrongMozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy. Votes: 0
Shirley MansonI've always loved punk music, since I was in my early teens, since middle school. Votes: 0
Anton YelchinWell my gun fires seven different shades of shit, so what's your favorite color, punk? Votes: 0
Gerard WayCan't clean up after you anymore, baby brother, so don't punk out. Make it count. Votes: 0
Rachel VincentI had this bad-boy-from-New York vibe going, dressed like a punk rocker with spiky hair. Votes: 0
Robert Downey, Jr.I've always thought that gaming and YouTube and the web is a very post-punk extravaganza. Votes: 0
Malcolm MclarenTo me, rockabilly music paralleled punk's energy and feeling, but the players were much better. Votes: 0
Brian SetzerMozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy." Votes: 0
Shirley MansonAs I got older, it turned into hardcore punk. I started getting into more aggressive music. Votes: 0
David PajoBy many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso. Votes: 0
Robert QuineI like the authentic punk dance you did there. It's like a child dizzy off lemonade Votes: 0
Russell HowardWhen punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical. Votes: 0
Nick LoweMusic never leaves you alone, and punk rock will always be there when nothing else will, Votes: 0
Pete WentzIn the '90s, people wore scrunchies, but it was very uncool in the punk scene. Votes: 0
Kathleen HannaI was a punk before it got its name. I had that hairstyle and purple lipstick. Votes: 0
Vivienne WestwoodTo me punk rock is thinking outside of the box, outside of the program, outside the establishment. Votes: 0
Madonna CicconeInevitably, as much as we loved punk rock, our noise was coming from a slightly different place. Votes: 0
David FirstSoccer is like punk rock: The product is not necessarily terrible. The problem is the fan base. Votes: 0
Chuck KlostermanThe punk-rock ethos was "Do it yourself. Anyone can do this. We're not sent from the heavens." Votes: 0
Michael StipeThe period right before punk rock where people like Lou Reed and Iggy Pop were really strong. Votes: 0
Arto LindsayThe popularity of punk rock was, in effect, due to the fact that it made ugliness beautiful. Votes: 0
Malcolm MclarenI was a total punk. But I was still an outcast, even with the punks and stuff. Votes: 0
Chuck MosleyThe whole point of the punk-rock thing was that "We're not special. We just have a voice." Votes: 0
Michael StipeWhen punk really started to happen, it was a reaction against the disco craze of the time. Votes: 0
Anna SuiI got all A's and was hated for it; I spoke correctly and was called a punk. Votes: 0
Kareem Abdul-JabbarI think punk rock, especially for me, was a big middle finger to this whole talent thing. Votes: 0
Mike WattI started an all-girl punk band when I was 14, and I was the drummer, not the singer. Votes: 0
BjorkIt makes me extremely proud to make punk rock the biggest music in the world right now. Votes: 0
Mike DirntI love country music, blues, and punk, and one day I might make those kinds of records. Votes: 0
KeshaThe spirit of punk-cabaret is that you fell that you can truly be all of who you are. Votes: 0
Brian ViglioneI think everybody likes a person that stands up for themselves. Nobody likes a punk or a coward. Votes: 0
Ice CubeI would say there's a lot of similarity between folk and punk. It's written for the common man. Votes: 0
Greg GraffinThere are several books out on punk history, but I haven't read any of them. I was there. Votes: 0
Greg GinnI think punk, pop-punk, and rock music is all meshed together and I think good music is good music. Votes: 0
Travis BarkerI'm tired of being ruled by the Skull and Bones. The only place they belong are on punk-rock albums! Votes: 0
Jello BiafraMy son has followed fashion since he was a punk. He and I agree that fashion is about sex. Votes: 0
Vivienne WestwoodWhen I was growing up I never babysat. I was considered to 'punk rock' to be trusted with kids. Votes: 0
Angelina JolieMost of the people who call me a sellout were 7 when I was down face-first in the punk trenches. Votes: 0
Henry RollinsThe punk scene in NY was so gritty and nihilistic & I was like ooh I want to do that Votes: 0
Jessica HagedornThe only punk that I really care about and am an expert on is the original punk of 1976 to 1979. Votes: 0
Martin PopoffThe older I get, the more of an anarchist I become, and I don't mean in a punk rock way. Votes: 0
Killer MikeI can't think of any punk who's put on an acoustic and hasn't just tried to sound like James Taylor. Votes: 0
Buzz OsborneWhen someone asks you, 'What's punk?' my reply is, 'If you have to ask, you're never going to know.' Votes: 0
Henry RollinsI was in a little punk band and we put out a few punk records that weren't very political, at all. Votes: 0
Billy BraggThe jocks that used to stuff me into a locker when I was a punk rocker are my best buddies now. Votes: 0
Jonathan EvisonI formed a band when I was about 13, and we all listened to punk - or what we thought was punk! Votes: 0
Tim GaneIt's very cliched to go, 'You're not punk.' We don't care if we are, and we don't care if we aren't. Votes: 0
Joel MaddenAnybody wants to call me the Triple H of Ring of Honor, I think that's hilarious. I would prefer to call Triple H the CM Punk of the WWE Votes: 3 CM Punk
When it comes to electronic music, I started listening to a lot of Daft Punk, way before I knew what house music was, and then progressed into a lot of Steve Angello, Eric Prydz, Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, and Laidback Luke. Votes: 4 Avicii
I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way. Votes: 3 Yann Tiersen