Quotes about Punk

Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it. Votes: 5

Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock. Votes: 5

Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle. Votes: 4

Punk will never be dead to me. It's my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me. Votes: 4

Punk was originally about creating new, important, energetic music that would hopefully threaten the status quo and the stupidity of the 1970s. Votes: 4

A guy walks up to me and asks, "What's Punk?". So I kick over a garbage can and say. "That's punk!". So he kicks over the garbage can and says, "That's Punk?", and I say, "No that's trendy! Votes: 4

Punk rock is a word used by dilettantes and heartless manipulators about music that takes up the energies, the bodies, the hearts, the souls, the time and the minds of young men who give everything they have to it. Votes: 4

Don't let these tattoos fool you. I'm straight edge. I'm a man of great discipline; I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't do drugs... my addiction is wrestling - my obsession is competition. Discipline. My name is C...M...Punk. Votes: 4

Punk's not dead, it's just at K-Mart. Votes: 3

C.M. Punk...I think you're a nerd Votes: 3

Punk rock is just another word for freedom. Votes: 3

Punk came along and grunge made guitar solos uncool. Votes: 3

Daft Punk would not exist if there was no technology. Votes: 3

Punk allowed women to stop looking feminine. Oh, the relief. Votes: 3

These people want you to quit just like CM Punk did. Votes: 3

Punk rock will never die, until something more dangerous replaces it. Votes: 3

Punk is like not about the style, its about the music! Votes: 3

'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming. Votes: 3

Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style. Votes: 3

Punk, I see you as a hypocritical, manipulative waste of skin. Votes: 3

Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming. Votes: 3

If imitation is the greatest form of flattery, Punk, don't flatter me. Votes: 3

Punk [rock] seemed like rock 'n' roll music utterly without the music. Votes: 3

Punk rock was the tsunami that threatened to drown us all in 1977. Votes: 3

(Punk rock is) lunging after some glimpse of a new and better world. Votes: 3

Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock. Votes: 3

Punk is dead to anyone who didn't get it in the first place Votes: 3

Punk is just as much a form of folk music as anything is! Votes: 3

Punk rock is very rebellious, of course, but it also means thinking for yourself. Votes: 3

I don't think punk ever really dies, because punk rock attitude can never die. Votes: 3

Punk music is perfect for me because I'm not, like, a master at any instrument. Votes: 3

Punk was over in two years. That was the only damn good thing about it. Votes: 3

My music is pretty honest. I can't rap on science fiction. Punk is from the street. Votes: 3

Punk is not really a style of music. It was more like a state of mind. Votes: 3

Punk was never about one particular clean-cut imagery... it's about many, many individuals coming very loosely together. Votes: 3

When I want something, I want it now, and Daft Punk taught me to be more patient. Votes: 3

Art is sacred.Punk rock is freedom. Expression and right to express is vital. Anyone can be artistic. Votes: 3

Punk rock has become another viable art form. It always was. But now it's like everyone's doing it. Votes: 3

Daft Punk wouldn't have normally fit into anything that was pop on the radio, but they just did it. Votes: 3

Some people started to call me "the King of No" because with Daft Punk we were saying "no" to everything. Votes: 3

The bands you like and know that are French are always outsiders in the French music industry - Daft Punk, Air. Votes: 3

Punk is always something that's going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point. Votes: 3

Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty well-rounded. Votes: 3

Punk became a circus didn't it? Everybody got it wrong. The message was supposed to be: Don't follow us, do what you want! Votes: 3

Punk is the way of those who are unable to express themselves, but they aren't dangerous; at worst, they may kill their audience. Votes: 3

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality. Votes: 3

I've never heard Daft Punk; I've never heard a track of theirs in my life. They're the two guys with motorcycle helmets on? Votes: 3

Punk and all that was just an image that ripped people off. Johnny Rotten's a wanker, and that's all there is to it. Votes: 3

Punk was more based on social change than on music, so it didn't bother me too much. It wasn't really a musical threat. Votes: 3

Punk rock isn't something you grow out of Punk rock is an attitude, and the essence of that attitude is 'give us some truth' Votes: 3

Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool. Votes: 3

Punk is like looking at a mirror. I already have a mirror so I don't need the Offspring to remind me how gorgeous I am. Votes: 3

They wouldn't play my records on American radio because I had spiky hair. They said, 'Punk rock doesn't sell advertising, it won't make any money. Votes: 3

They wouldn't play my records on American radio because I had spiky hair. They said, 'Punk rock doesn't sell advertising, it won't make any money.' Votes: 3

To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom. Votes: 3

Punk rock, when I was a part of it, was called 'the underground.' There was something very attractive in all the hidden places, the hidden histories. Votes: 3

Punk rock seemed to make sense. I was listening to The Clash and I really loved their social messages and they have a great history of fighting racism. Votes: 3

Punk rock isn't supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things from getting watered down and boring. Votes: 3

I took Punk to be the detonation of some slow-fused projectile buried deep in society's flank a decade earlier, and I took it to be, somehow, a sign. Votes: 3

When Punk Rock happened, it created an opening in the culture... it made it ok to think you could play music, even though you had no musical training. Votes: 3

Punk is no longer a subculture or a counterculture in any way. It's totally just a small reflecting mirror for the same things that go on in larger culture. Votes: 3

Punk Funk means to be one with yourself. To be rebellious, aggressive, able to do and say what you feel at all times, without inflicting mental or spiritual pain. Votes: 3

Punk is an attitude, not a genre, age group, or time period. What's interesting is trying to define the blues and punk in different ways. They are very close cousins. Votes: 3

Punk rock should mean freedom, liking and excepting anything that you like. Playing whatever you want. As sloppy as you want. As long as it's good and it has passion. Votes: 3

There's not much music I'll listen to if it doesn't have pretty heavy swing. Rhythm is so important. Punk rock would have more power and feeling if it had swing. Votes: 3

And it's a... it's a term 'Punk Rock' that's based on contempt; it's a term that's based on fashion , style , elitism, satanism , and, everything that's rotten about rock 'n' roll. Votes: 3

Punk rock has never really had much patience with musical virtuosity. Actually, it'd be more accurate to say that for most of its history, punk has been actively hostile to virtuosity. Votes: 3

Punk rock and metal has always been a home to me, it's where I cut my teeth; and those are the friends that I have, and the bands that I love. Votes: 3

I heard 'Get Lucky'; it's just not my taste. It's great what Daft Punk does and the sound quality is great, but that whole disco vibe is not really my thing. Votes: 3

When I was on the '70s Show,' I had that and I had 'Punk'd' and I had my own production company. That pretty much sealed up all my time. Votes: 3

I first conceived of my far-future setting 'Punktown' in 1980, and though it contains 'punk' in its name, the term 'cyberpunk' hadn't been coined yet. I took my inspiration strictly from punk music. Votes: 3

Punk recognised the fact that the establishment had no room. There's no point in saying you've got the establishment wrong because they hadn't got the establishment wrong, they'd got it absolutely dead on. Votes: 3

Punk rock meditation, that's what keeps it going. That's how I let go, you know. It's exactly what I do, I blast it and run around crazy banging my head on the wall. Votes: 3

I created Punk for this day and age. Do you see Britney walking around wearing ties and singing punk? Hell no. That's what I do. I'm like a Sid Vicious for a new generation. Votes: 3

Manny Pacquiao I'm calling you out let's fight May 5th and give the world what they want to see. My Jail Sentence was pushed back because the date was locked in. Step up Punk. Votes: 3

Punk is just like any other sub culture or music. Straight rock music has those elements. I grew up in a place where the punk rock kids fed the homeless in the town square. Votes: 3

Daft Punk and I belong to the Generation 75. We were born in 1975, so we are somewhat in the middle of the rebellion and freedom of the 70s and the consumer culture of the 80s. Votes: 3

[Smiley contemplates graffiti:]'Punk is destructive. Society does not need it.' The assertion caused him a moment's indecision. 'Oh, but society does,' he wanted to reply; 'society is an association of minorities. Votes: 3

Punk was a protest against work and against boredom. It was a sign of life, a rant, a scream, a rejection of bourgeois morals. But have things improved since then? Arguably, they've got worse. Votes: 3

Many people think if you say "no" you just do this to negotiate a better deal, and they didn't understand that Daft Punk really meant "no" because they didn't want to do certain things. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

Is there a better wrestling villain on TV these days than CM Punk? Arguable question but for my sauce, Punk is right there at the top of the heap with a handful of his peers. Votes: 3

I'm just starting to scratch the surface of what really makes me happy and it's taken me a while to admit that acting like a little child and being a jerk and a punk is fun. Votes: 3

Punk gave me the strength to think, "Yeah, you can stand up and be counted, and do what you want in life, and not be hoodwinked by it all," in a simple, very general sweeping way. Votes: 3

It's always this thing where we're constantly waiting for something that will come in electronic music that says, ‘Daft Punk sucks!' That's actually much more interesting and exciting than someone who is paying homage. Votes: 3

Punk rock really came out of N.Y. as a philosophy before the groups were ever recorded. I had a kind-of intellectual interest in the idea of creating a new scene that could be a grassroots thing. Votes: 3

Punk. . .was more a kind of do-it-yourself, anyone-can-do-it attitude. If you only played two notes on the guitar, you could figure out a way to make a song out of that, and that's what it was all about. Votes: 3

Punk to me was a form of free speech. It was a moment when suddenly all kinds of strange voices that no reasonable person could ever have expected to hear in public were being heard all over the place. Votes: 3

Punk's really cool because it's very inclusive of all types, which I like. And I would submit that even though people talk about punk as being thuggish, I think it can be more creative than other types of music. Votes: 3

Punk rock' is a word used by dilettantes and heartless manipulators about music that takes up the energies, the bodies, the hearts, the souls, the time and the minds of young men who give everything they have to it. Votes: 3

All of the punk-rock bands of the era would come in and play, and my job on Punk Rock Night was that I would go into the slam pit, and... I was 24 or 25, and I'd slam dance in the pit. Votes: 3

The boys in the office preferred Daft Punk and the song "Robot Rock" as an anthem, speaking excitedly and without irony about wanting to become robots one day. That made me wonder: Why? What's the pull of being a robot? Votes: 3

Noise has taken the place of punk rock. People who play noise have no real aspirations to being part of the mainstream culture. Punk has been co-opted, and this subterranean noise music and the avant-garde folk scene have replaced it Votes: 3

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: 3

After 'Punk'd,' my company Katalyst did a deal with AOL to produce short-form content for the Web. At that time it was a different game. If you got front-page coverage on any popular website, you could probably get a push. Votes: 3

Nobody got Punk'd and he was still in his season for that show when we were filming. So the kids were very aware that it was filming and that was his show and they were very much on the lookout for that. Votes: 3

I always wanted to be a writer, but Alan Moore's work and help inspired me to write comics. In some ways the biggest influence on me writing was Punk. There was the idea that you could do something by simply doing it. Votes: 3

I did enjoy the broadcasting work of King, Punk and Josh Mathews last Monday on Raw. Josh is a hard working young man who does his homework and he did well with his opportunity to sit at the grown up table on Raw. Votes: 3

I do love dance music. I love Daft Punk. I mean, I was a child in the '80s, so bands like the Eurythmics and just so many great '80s bands were dance bands, but they had the whole soul thing happening, too. Votes: 3

I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish. He's usually the lead singer in a punk band and plays guitar. But my serious boyfriends are relatively clean-cut, nice guys. So it's strange. Votes: 3

My name's Punk. CM Punk. Votes: 3

It's a good time to be CM Punk right now. Votes: 3

This isn't CM Punk talking to Triple H, this is Phil Brooks talking to Paul Levesque Votes: 3

In 50 years, your grandchildren will be asking you where you were when CM Punk beat the Undertaker's streak! Votes: 3

I'm not allowed to wear my street clothes on TV because Vince McMahon says I don't look like CM Punk when I'm not in my gear. Votes: 3

Work It Harder Make It BetterDo It Faster, Makes Us strongerMore Than Ever Hour AfterOur Work Is Never Over-Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, lyrics and music by Daft Punk Votes: 3

Anybody 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

I'm jumping in right now. And I'm going to say that everybody I know has a 'day I met CM Punk story' and they're all 100% fabrication. It's all bullshit. Thank you. Votes: 3

I drink this [whiskey glass] and I'm just another JBL? you don't get it, I'm not like you. I'm not JBL, I'm CM Punk! Sometimes it's what you don't do that makes you who you are. Votes: 3

I come from the home-grown punk ethic, where it doesn't matter if you can't play a note, it's how you communicate. Votes: 2

The problem is we moved to LA... The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican. Votes: 2

I 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

The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don't think what you're doing is punk rock. Votes: 2

Looking back on the production of 'Nevermind,' I'm embarrassed by it now. It's closer to a Motley Crue record than it is a punk rock record. Votes: 2

The whole punk ethic was do-it-yourself, and I've always been very literal, especially as a kid. When they said that anybody can do this, I was like, 'OK, that's me.' Votes: 2

There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all about. It's a lifestyle. It's not about popularity and all that crap. Votes: 2

If Nirvana had remained a small, underground punk rock band, Kurt Cobain would still be alive. And he'd probably be living in Seattle, getting kind of fat and balding, be relatively happy and producing records for other people. Votes: 2

At its best New Wave/punk represents a fundamental and age-old Utopian dream: that if you give people the license to be as outrageous as they want in absolutely any fashion they can dream up, they'll be creative about it, and do something good besides. Votes: 2

I've always been spiritual but I've never had a proper context, and it took me awhile to find the proper context. It's hard to realize you can have any kind of relationship with God you want... and so I now have a punk rock relationship with God. Votes: 2

I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk? Votes: 2

Questioning anything and everything, to me, is punk rock. Votes: 1

All punk is is attitude. That's what makes it. The attitude. Votes: 1

I used to hang out with a bunch of old punk rockers when I was a little kid. Votes: 1

I was the punk outsider who nobody messed with. I was fearless. At 16, I graduated and moved out. Votes: 1

To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'. Votes: 1

People forget the punk thing was really good for women. It motivated them to pick up a guitar rather than be a chanteuse. It allowed us to be aggressive. Votes: 1

I enjoy punk, the attitude as well as the music, but I don't feel like I have to be a carbon copy of it and invite all this controversy just to be punk rock. Votes: 1

I don't listen to punk any more, unless it's right before I play. Not that I don't like it, it's nostalgic. But, it's for kids and it should be... it's not art, it's expression. Votes: 1

Musically, New York is a big influence on me. Walk down the street for five minutes and you'll hear homeless punk rockers, people playing Caribbean music and reggae, sacred Islamic music and Latino music, so many different types of music. Votes: 1

When you were a teenager in Colorado, the way to be a punk rocker was to rip on Reagan and Bush and what they were doing and talk about how everyone in Colorado's a redneck with a gun and all this stuff. Votes: 1

In the 1970s, we had Carl Sagan, and he was so suave with his turtleneck and his tweed jacket. And he was, you know, he made science look cool. And in punk rock, we haven't had that. We haven't had the Carl Sagan of punk. Votes: 1

You gotta know that you're better than anybody, 'cause to me, if you don't go in like that, you're gonna lose! They're gonna punk you out! On any stage, court, business venture, on the anchor desk - whatever. You've got to go in believing, 'I can do this better than anybody.' Votes: 1

If someone says 'grunge' or 'punk,' you know what the sound is, but if you say 'No Wave,' it's kind of mysterious. That was the most interesting part and should have been the most inspirational thing about it... here's this collective sonic insanity, and none of it sounds anything alike. Votes: 1

Untitled' is a time machine that can transport you to 1992, an edgy moment when the art world was crumbling, money was scarce, and artists like Tiravanija were in the nascent stages of combining Happenings, performance art, John Cage, Joseph Beuys, and the do-it-yourself ethos of punk. Meanwhile, a new art world was coming into being. Votes: 1

I made the big turnaround in the early Nineties when I started hearing all the tenth generation punk bands like Green Day and Offspring and all those people. It just made me fall in love with punk again and remember my roots, and since that time I've always wanted to do more of that kind of music again. Votes: 1

I didn't consider myself a fashion designer at all at the time of punk. I was just using fashion as a way to express my resistance and to be rebellious. I came from the country, and by the time I got to London, I considered myself to be very stupid. It was my ambition to understand the world I live in. Votes: 1

Do ya' feel lucky, punk? Votes: 0

All punk rockers hate Christmas. Votes: 0

Don't punk out and don't quit. Votes: 0

Being in love is totally punk rock. Votes: 0

A real punk is punk on the inside. Votes: 0

Skating is what got me into punk rock. Votes: 0

A punk concert isn't fun without a pit. Votes: 0

I'm a punk rocker. I don't do Christian. Votes: 0

Grunge is a hippied romantic version of punk. Votes: 0

Country music is completely punk-rock. It's the original punk-rock. Votes: 0

When Soundgarden formed, we were post-punk - pretty quirky. Votes: 0

Sudah gue bilang: punk is only hibernating, not dead! Votes: 0

What's a punk band? Hey, who's got a beer? Votes: 0

I love punk rock, but I also love metal. Votes: 0

I hate Keanu Reeves. I think he's a punk. Votes: 0

Vivienne Westwood really inspires me. I love her punk ethos. Votes: 0

Rap actually comes out of punk rock, not black music. Votes: 0

I liked a lot of alternative and I like punk stuff. Votes: 0

The American underground punk scene, though, is a story worth remembering. Votes: 0

I was the first person to have a punk rock hairstyle. Votes: 0

I encourage you to find your punk-rock, your lucha-libre, your pro-wrestling Votes: 0

That's the authentic punk dance. It's like a child dizzy on lemonade. Votes: 0

In fact, punk rock means exemplary manners to your fellow human beings. Votes: 0

The jury had down right contempt for punk rock grass roots ethics. Votes: 0

When skateboarding and punk merged, it really became a large teen subculture. Votes: 0

Art talk is punk. Let the movie do your speaking for you. Votes: 0

He was a punk, she did ballet. What more can I say. Votes: 0

Back to basics Rock & Roll capturing the beauty and simplicity of punk Votes: 0

After the Ramones, it was more about new wave for me than punk. Votes: 0

Where there is young people and vitality, you're going to find punk rock. Votes: 0

My music doesn't sound punk, but I see it as a punk action. Votes: 0

I never thought of Green Day as a punk band. Just bubblegum, really. Votes: 0

I always liked the skinny punk girls; I even loved them before punk. Votes: 0

People called me the godmother of punk, but I never name myself anything. Votes: 0

A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing. Votes: 0

If punk was about getting rid of hippies, then I'm getting rid of grunge. Votes: 0

I'm 36, but I still feel like a punk kid with $200 in my savings account. Votes: 0

Im 36, but I still feel like a punk kid with $200 in my savings account. Votes: 0

I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football. Votes: 0

The last true punk band to get a major label contract was The Dickies. Votes: 0

You know there was always a confusion that punk was a style of music. Votes: 0

I guess I would call my music blues punk. Theres a lot of influences. Votes: 0

For me the safety pin is about rebellion, and I'm punk in the soul. Votes: 0

All my teenage years my punk was hip-hop - I just hated pop music. Votes: 0

I want to have tampons as merch that say ‘Periods are punk.' Votes: 0

After all this time I found that the novel is in fact punk rock. Votes: 0

I like a little bit of punk mixed with a little bit of feminine. Votes: 0

Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy. Votes: 0

I've always loved punk music, since I was in my early teens, since middle school. Votes: 0

Well my gun fires seven different shades of shit, so what's your favorite color, punk? Votes: 0

I have a karaoke punk band called The Ungrateful Dead, but we don't exist yet. Votes: 0

Can't clean up after you anymore, baby brother, so don't punk out. Make it count. Votes: 0

I had this bad-boy-from-New York vibe going, dressed like a punk rocker with spiky hair. Votes: 0

Emo: e-mo 1. A much-maligned, mocked, and misunderstood term for melodic, expressive, and confessional punk rock. Votes: 0

I've always thought that gaming and YouTube and the web is a very post-punk extravaganza. Votes: 0

To me, rockabilly music paralleled punk's energy and feeling, but the players were much better. Votes: 0

I love punk, I love a lot of British Invasion bands, I love garage bands." Votes: 0

I love punk, I love a lot of British Invasion bands, I love garage bands. Votes: 0

Will punk rock ever die? Pal, if you have to ask it's dead to you. Votes: 0

I was a fan of heavy music - first metal, then punk, then hip hop. Votes: 0

Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy." Votes: 0

As I got older, it turned into hardcore punk. I started getting into more aggressive music. Votes: 0

By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso. Votes: 0

Maybe all hospitals should import groups of rabble-rousing punk rockers to kick-start the languishing patients' hearts." Votes: 0

I like the authentic punk dance you did there. It's like a child dizzy off lemonade Votes: 0

When punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical. Votes: 0

Music never leaves you alone, and punk rock will always be there when nothing else will, Votes: 0

In the '90s, people wore scrunchies, but it was very uncool in the punk scene. Votes: 0

I was a punk before it got its name. I had that hairstyle and purple lipstick. Votes: 0

I wanted to be in a punk band before I had even heard any punk music. Votes: 0

It's weird for me to try and write punk songs - I'm almost scared of it. Votes: 0

Hot funk, cold punk, even if it's old junk, it's still rock and roll to me. Votes: 0

I've always loved punk music, so it was really cool to do my first punk song. Votes: 0

I wanted to sound new and exciting - the punk movement was over with for me. Votes: 0

To me punk rock is thinking outside of the box, outside of the program, outside the establishment. Votes: 0

Inevitably, as much as we loved punk rock, our noise was coming from a slightly different place. Votes: 0

Soccer is like punk rock: The product is not necessarily terrible. The problem is the fan base. Votes: 0

The punk-rock ethos was "Do it yourself. Anyone can do this. We're not sent from the heavens." Votes: 0

The period right before punk rock where people like Lou Reed and Iggy Pop were really strong. Votes: 0

The popularity of punk rock was, in effect, due to the fact that it made ugliness beautiful. Votes: 0

I was a total punk. But I was still an outcast, even with the punks and stuff. Votes: 0

The whole point of the punk-rock thing was that "We're not special. We just have a voice." Votes: 0

When punk really started to happen, it was a reaction against the disco craze of the time. Votes: 0

I got all A's and was hated for it; I spoke correctly and was called a punk. Votes: 0

I think punk rock, especially for me, was a big middle finger to this whole talent thing. Votes: 0

I started an all-girl punk band when I was 14, and I was the drummer, not the singer. Votes: 0

On a scale of one to ten, how punk am I? Apple. I don't use your scale. Votes: 0

It makes me extremely proud to make punk rock the biggest music in the world right now. Votes: 0

I love country music, blues, and punk, and one day I might make those kinds of records. Votes: 0

All you care about is how punk rock you feel when you wake up in the morning. Votes: 0

The spirit of punk-cabaret is that you fell that you can truly be all of who you are. Votes: 0

I've learned some of the greatest life lessons from growing up in the skate and punk rock communities. Votes: 0

I think everybody likes a person that stands up for themselves. Nobody likes a punk or a coward. Votes: 0

I would say there's a lot of similarity between folk and punk. It's written for the common man. Votes: 0

There are several books out on punk history, but I haven't read any of them. I was there. Votes: 0

When I look at it now, the whole punk thing is sort of comedy in a weird way. Votes: 0

When you're thirteen and listening to punk, the aggressive nature of music can sway you to the dark side. Votes: 0

I think punk, pop-punk, and rock music is all meshed together and I think good music is good music. Votes: 0

Thank you for the music, Sleater-Kinney. This gang of three was the best American punk rock band ever. Ever. Votes: 0

I'm tired of being ruled by the Skull and Bones. The only place they belong are on punk-rock albums! Votes: 0

My son has followed fashion since he was a punk. He and I agree that fashion is about sex. Votes: 0

When I was growing up I never babysat. I was considered to 'punk rock' to be trusted with kids. Votes: 0

Most of the people who call me a sellout were 7 when I was down face-first in the punk trenches. Votes: 0

The punk scene in NY was so gritty and nihilistic & I was like ooh I want to do that Votes: 0

The only punk that I really care about and am an expert on is the original punk of 1976 to 1979. Votes: 0

The thread of culture that runs through the entire history of punk is also a dedication to challenging the authoritarian. Votes: 0

I definitely was attracted to similar things in punk and science. They both depend on a healthy dose of skepticism. Votes: 0

The older I get, the more of an anarchist I become, and I don't mean in a punk rock way. Votes: 0

I went to UC Berkeley for college, and it was during the period when the whole punk movement was happening. Votes: 0

Under the whole "personal is political" motto of feminism, I feel that personal kindness, treating people decently, is political-is punk. Votes: 0

There are characters in [punk] that do deliberately go as far as they can in certain kind of taboo areas. Votes: 0

When I was very young, I played in a punk-rock band, but I also studied music theory and classical music. Votes: 0

For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'. Votes: 0

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown. Votes: 0

I was a little self-centered gutter punk in the early 1980s and all I wanted to do was diss everybody. Votes: 0

I just think that playing bass, like punk rock bass with a pick, wasn't meant to be done for 25 years. Votes: 0

I was still doing the punk thing, but also playing in some indie bands, I had a less crazy hairstyle. Votes: 0

I can't think of any punk who's put on an acoustic and hasn't just tried to sound like James Taylor. Votes: 0

The Ruts were a great punk rock band from England whose songs were as excellent as their time together was short. Votes: 0

When someone asks you, 'What's punk?' my reply is, 'If you have to ask, you're never going to know.' Votes: 0

Like punk rock, like Jackson Pollock, like Jack Kerouac, it was truly human, a mix of perfect beauty and cathartic error. Votes: 0

Let's play with sound, forget all knowledge and instrumental skills, and just use instinct – the same way punk did. Votes: 0

I see a lot of connections between folk and punk music just because they're both subcorporate music - I mean, traditionally. Votes: 0

Music is music; you can't change rock and say well this is punk rock and this is acid rock or rockabilly. Votes: 0

I was in a little punk band and we put out a few punk records that weren't very political, at all. Votes: 0

The jocks that used to stuff me into a locker when I was a punk rocker are my best buddies now. Votes: 0

I'm more interested in the meanings and the bands that fill up the spaces known as new wave and post punk. Votes: 0

I formed a band when I was about 13, and we all listened to punk - or what we thought was punk! Votes: 0

I'm not anti-fashion, but I've always had a bit of a punk attitude. That's important, I think. I do my own thing. Votes: 0

If you've sold over a million records, you are not punk rock, you are milking the system for everything that it's worth. Votes: 0

Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers. Votes: 0

People would be surprised at how much of an electronic dude I am, and I like new wave, post-punk and proto-punk stuff. Votes: 0

In Fall Out Boy, we were all playing with our pop punk influences, so that was always within that kind of framework. Votes: 0

I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world. Votes: 0

In reality punk people are usually the gentlest, kindest folks you'll ever know. They're like hippies, only they wear way more black. Votes: 0

It'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

Teachers didn't like me very much. They thought I was just this punk kid and they always wanted to kick me out. Votes: 0

1977 was also, of course, the year that Derek Jarman made his iconoclastic film Jubilee, which was so much part of the punk movement. Votes: 0

I think "punk" should really be defined as paving your own way creatively and by defying any sort of orthodoxy or commercial pressure. Votes: 0

Because the only thing that punk rock should ever really mean, is not sitting 'round and waiting for the lights to go green Votes: 0

Part of the punk attitude was that you should project your music through your whole body... show your personality as much as possible. Votes: 0

The future of punk rock has nothing to do with guitars. Everything interesting that I've heard in years has been nearly all electronic. Votes: 0

Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to punk. Votes: 0

I hated myself totally white. So now I cheat. It's my white hair, and I put color there. My grandson says I'm punk. Votes: 0

Come swish around my pretty punk And keep me dancing still That I may stay a sober man Although I drink my fill. Votes: 0

I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who it is I am - if that defines a punk, then yes, absolutely. Votes: 0

Claire - "Go ahead. And thanks. Oh, and be careful?" Eve - "Please. I am the queen of careful. Also, princess of punk fabulousness. Votes: 0

I'm partial to slouchier, more free clothing. My icon is Patti Smith, so the more rips, the more punk, the more comfortable I feel. Votes: 0

The single best thing that has happened in my lifetime in music, after punk rock, is being able to share music, globally for free, Votes: 0

Ray Lewis knifed through those offensive linemen like a sucker-punch switchblade slicing between the ribs of some inebriated trash-talking punk outside a sports bar. Votes: 0

When we started to do punk, we put all of these things together to create the look of an urban guerrilla - a rebel. Votes: 0

San Francisco, America's B-movie imitation of Paris. San Francisco, the city that ruined punk rock. San Francisco, the most intolerant place in the country. Votes: 0

Too pop for punk, too 'old school' for the New Wave, Mumps were a '70s era New York rock band, out of time. Votes: 0

What we get in punk these days are layers of 'anti-', and so many of them are so self-serving. It's not about larger freedom. Votes: 0

There are aspects of Asian culture in my work, but it's really rooted in an American experience - transcendentalism, '60s counterculture, punk rock. Votes: 0

I was in a couple punk bands as a kid. I did some more experimental stuff with my friend Dan for a few years. Votes: 0

Initially, electronic music was anti-establishment, as punk rock and rock n' roll were. The music was shut down; the police were against the parties. Votes: 0

My mom was in a punk rock band called The Trash Women, and they toured and all of that. She had me when she was 17. Votes: 0

I was trained as an actress. But I wasn't a very convincing actress, so I started doing punk poetry and then fell into doing stand-up. Votes: 0

I don't think punk fashion is a specter or overemphasized - it made a big impression, as there had never been anything like it before. Votes: 0

I've made sacrifices. I'm not anti-fashion but I've always had a bit of a punk attitude. That's important, I think. I do my own thing. Votes: 0

I was once a student in a punk T-Shirt hooked on screwed-up scenarios. That's how I became the esteemed cultural figure that I am today. Votes: 0

I was once a student in a punk T-Shirt hooked on screwed-up scenarios. Thats how I became the esteemed cultural figure that I am today. Votes: 0

I've always worn jewellery but for a time it went out of fashion. Like grungy and punk bands didn't wear jewellery because it was stupid. Votes: 0

Hip-hop and R&B is mostly what I listen to. I don't have a connection with punk rock - I just never had that experience. Votes: 0

To me, the punk rock kids I grew up with were really, really smart, and to me, respecting those kids was a really big deal. Votes: 0

I started playing guitar at, like, 12 or 13 and just rock bands mostly. I had a punk rock band and hard core bands and all that. Votes: 0

I can play punk rock, and I love playing punk rock, but I was into every other style of music before I played punk rock. Votes: 0

I hate to say this, but at the time, (late 70's) it was like the smart people liked punk and the dumb people liked Journey. Votes: 0

We were at the dark end of the L.A. punk scene, and that scene was full-on and violent and aggressive and wild and intense. Votes: 0

I still think punk's around. It's been pushed into the mainstream and it gets harder to draw that line between what's pop and what's punk. Votes: 0

I was about 16 when punk started to happen. It felt like you had this naïve idea that you could change things just by wearing something. Votes: 0

Stray thought for the day: Putting boundaries on how punk should sound/look is the least punk rock thing one can do. Be yourself=Very punk. Votes: 0

I've always gravitated naturally towards a little bit of a heavier thing, having been in punk bands and metal bands before I ever got into pop. Votes: 0

PUNK IS: the personal expression of uniqueness that comes from the experiences of growing up in touch with our human ability to reason and ask questions. Votes: 0

In the end, punk inevitably burned itself out and acted as a bridge across which the New Romantics could sashay in their chiffon and glossy hair. Votes: 0

I was like little-miss wannabe punk-rocker; I would go home and secretly listen to Pink, and dance around, like, 'Ugh, she understands me so well!'" Votes: 0

Style has always been very important to us. We grew up in the '70s. Music was glam rock, punk rock and a very stylish movement. Votes: 0

I was in punk rock bands, heavy metal bands, world music bands, jazz groups, any type of music that would take me. I just love music. Votes: 0

I was a punk rocker when I was a teenager. I wanted to look like Nancy Spungen. I had dyed blonde hair and lots of piercings. Votes: 0

It depresses me when people expect me to be like the characters I play on film. I'm not some whiny loser punk, I'm a man's man. Votes: 0

I was a punk rocker when I was a teenager. I wanted to look like Nancy Spungen. I had dyed blonde hair and lots of piercings." Votes: 0

I tried to play bass in a punk band once, and it was an absolute disaster. I can't play anything. I don't know what it is. Votes: 0

I kind of got into music in middle school, although at the time I didn't know it as punk music so much as just rock music. Votes: 0

My whole back's tattooed. I just wanted a twist. I was always in punk bands when I was little... I think that's where the tie comes from. Votes: 0

I remember performing on a punk stage with no mic in the middle of a mosh pit. My act was called "How to Be a Domestic Goddess." Votes: 0

Tommy told Sal about the strange white-cloth figure with black stitches that he had found on the front porch. "Sounds like Pillsbury Doughboy gone punk," Sal said. Votes: 0

My whole back's tattooed. I just wanted a twist. I was always in punk bands when I was little I think that's where the tie comes from. Votes: 0

By the time I was 19, punk had occurred. It had a completely different cultural dynamic to it which rejected everything and started again from the year zero. Votes: 0

I was always into punk, ever since I was 13, but I was into other stuff, too - like, well, the Spice Girls. I really liked Scary Spice. Votes: 0

You can't really come into a concept record objectively, because you immediately associate it with Yes, stuff from the 1970s that punk rock kicked against, the pretentiousness. Votes: 0

If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that's because that's where I'm going to find inspiration. Votes: 0

Triple 6 Mafia and Mystikal in Atlanta was one of my first shows. I remember how sweaty and smashed up everybody was, and it was so punk rock. Votes: 0

A punk group is perfect because literally the lead singer doesn't play anything - he just sings and screams and jumps around; his body is his instrument. Votes: 0

Everyone should be able to go to a concert and enjoy music, and not feel like they're going to be harassed. That's how I see punk music. Votes: 0

If there was a story about boys playing punk I don't think I would've made it, because it would just be the same, it wouldn't be interesting enough. Votes: 0

There's a punk-rock attitude, clearly, to 'Hated.' There's even a punk-rock attitude to 'The Hangover,' I think. We start the movie with a Glenn Danzig song. Votes: 0

I'm thinking of remaking 'Psycho' again. Doing a third remake. The idea this time is to really change it - we're talking about doing a punk rocker setting. Votes: 0

It's true the punk fashion itself was iconographic: rips and dirt, safety pins, zips, slogans, and hairstyles. These motifs were so iconic in themselves - motifs of rebellion. Votes: 0

I've been trying to challenge myself to be more explicit. I've always liked punk rock and Sonic Youth. I make that music privately, but I've never released it. Votes: 0

Street culture is punk, hip-hop, skateboarding, surfing, graffiti. It's like a massive global culture that is all tied together. But for so many years it was very geographic. Votes: 0

I was just a music lover who wondered what it would sound like if Otis Redding strapped on a guitar and played in a punk band. That's it. Votes: 0

I think that what's perceived as punk out in shopping malls or in chain stores or on MTV has almost nothing to do with what punk is about. Votes: 0

I loved Riot Grrl. Not only was it a punk rock revolution, but it meant you could get dressed for a night out for less than two pounds! Votes: 0

I listened a little to punk when I was younger, but it was straight edge punk. It was nothing like what is going on now, like poppy punk. Votes: 0

I was just a music lover who wondered what it would sound like if Otis Redding strapped on a guitar and played in a punk band. Thats it. Votes: 0

I'm embracing the punk. There's so much punk style in everything we do and wear everyday; we just never have the chance to do it all the way. Votes: 0

Growing up in San Diego, I can remember going with my brother to see bands like Pennywise and NOFX - good punk bands that were fast and tight. Votes: 0

If I do a certain number of ads, I have to do a personal project in between, just for my own sanity. I still consider myself a punk-rock kid. Votes: 0

I'm not an '80s fan. I'm more '70s New York pre-punk kind of thing, and I guess I grew up with '90s grunge, post-punk pop music. Votes: 0

I'm not an '80s fan. I'm more '70s New York pre-punk kind of thing and I guess I grew up with '90s grunge, post-punk pop music. Votes: 0

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: 0

When I was a teenager, you couldn't get straight pants. Then in '76, when punk started to hit, it was a revelation that you could find straight pants again. Votes: 0

Then the early punk rock period with Television and the Ramones. That's what I loved- that's what I was listening to immediately prior to when I started to play. Votes: 0

I never wanted to go back and relive the glory days; I just want to keep moving forward. That's what I took from punk. Keep going. Don't look back. Votes: 0

I need punk rock. It's the medicine for me, but it's bitter and sickening. If you don't need it - if you're happy and healthy - run toward that. Votes: 0

What characterized the whole punk scene for me in 1977 was there was no racism or sexism. It was an anarchy of -isms, and a matter of abolishing it all. Votes: 0

Being a sexual icon is sort of like being the front man for an Orange County punk band: As soon as you can explain why you're necessary, you're over. Votes: 0

In a way I almost feel like the election of Donald Trump has inspired Democrats and progressives and punk rockers in a way that hasn't been seen since Vietnam. Votes: 0

I was really good friends with Matthew Ashman, the guitarist in Bow Wow Wow. He died, unfortunately. He was one of my best friends during my sort of punk period. Votes: 0

If some unemployed punk in New Jersey, can get a cassette to make love to Elle McPherson for $19.95, this virtual reality stuff is going to make crack look like Sanka. Votes: 0

There's a punk rock quality to Peter Parker, that I identified with when I read the comics [Spider-Man], and that I really liked. He has this chip on his shoulder. Votes: 0

When I write in the studio, I tend to gravitate toward the ability to play really loud, aggressive, post-punk stuff, with big, heavy guitars and a big rock drum sound. Votes: 0

I definitely care about how the concept of New York punk was constructed, and why it mattered. But I wasn't gonna do that. Partly because I'm not a great journalist. Votes: 0

I like to wear a "Do Not Disturb" sign around my neck so that little kids can't tell me knock-knock jokes. "Hey, how ya doin'? Knock-knock." "Read the sign, punk!" Votes: 0

When the punk thing came along and I heard my friends saying, I hate these people with the pins in their ears. I said, Thank God, something got their attention. Votes: 0

But there's actually a lot of punk bands out there that go out of the norm, use odd time signatures, or a lot of different tempo changes in a song. Votes: 0

There weren't a lot of career opportunities in crazy-fast hardcore punk, so you didn't have a lot of ambition, just the love and passion to play music with your friends. Votes: 0

I feel that people who are new to punk/hardcore don't truly understand the music and the role it plays in people's lives until they experience the environment for themselves. Votes: 0

If you want to play a cool punk club, that's great - but punk clubs don't have any toilet seats. After a while, little things like that become big issues. Votes: 0

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: 0

Johnny Rotten isn't punk. Maybe that's punk to somebody, but these people are participating and challenging the corporations that are telling us what punk is and what good music is. Votes: 0

When I met Apple, I made it very clear that I am an old punk and I have never done commercials or been sponsored. And I wasn't after their money. Votes: 0

Science is the first expression of punk, because it doesn't advance without challenging authority. It doesn't make progress without tearing down what was there before and building upon the structure. Votes: 0

When you break it all down, my punk rock is my dad's blues. It's music from the underground, and it's real, and it's written for the downtrodden in uncertain times. Votes: 0

I didn't really see the British punk movement, if that's what it was, as wildly original, because I had been listening so intently to all the New York music since 1973, really. Votes: 0

I always said punk was an attitude. It was never about having a Mohican haircut or wearing a ripped T-shirt. It was all about destruction, and the creative potential within that. Votes: 0

Folk-punk artists like This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb or Paul Baribeau were popular in the Florida punk community. I saw people early on combine roots music with more aggressive music. Votes: 0

Starting out really punk came from not knowing any better and listening to music like that, not knowing how to play music - well, still not knowing how to play music. Votes: 0

I think some of the musicians are more like punk rock musicians. It's like an art as opposed to being a musician. It's definitely more radical psychedelic bands, more than anything. Votes: 0

I dropped out of high school and I couldn't go to college 'cause I wasn't smart enough, so I'd resigned myself to loading trucks and playing punk rock on the weekends. Votes: 0

In the early days, myself and my friends were into punk because we had no money, just very basic instruments and skills. It was more about the ethos and the energy. Votes: 0

I've never been a huge prog fan. My background is punk. My background is learning how to play a bar chord and listen to Discharge records when I was a kid. Votes: 0

When I listen to most forms of music, in their most raw and pure, it all has a punk edge to me, like Lead Belly, Jimmie Rodgers, Otis Redding or Nirvana. Votes: 0

A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It's below the radar. The beauty of it is that you're not supposed to always know. It's subterranean. Votes: 0

I love dancing, but I'm not that good of a singer. I sang in punk rock bands in high school and college and stuff, but that mostly involved lots of screaming. Votes: 0

I came up playing in both punk rock bands and hip-hop bands, and I found a more universal way of reaching people, especially with music that has a message to it. Votes: 0

I'd been thinking I'd have to learn how to play really well, but obviously the message of punk was that you just learn three chords in a week and you're away. Votes: 0

Radio is less important than it used to be. Kids are not just hip-hop kids, just punk kids, just pop kids, just whatever kids. Everyone is mixing and matching on their playlists. Votes: 0

CBGB represents a lot to New York City and to underground rock and to new wave and post-punk and whatever. But, you know, it's like tearing down the Jefferson Memorial or something. Votes: 0

Certain punk bands were influential because I thought, If they can do that then I can .Hanging around those bands was how I started my first band - In Praise of Lemmings. Votes: 0

I don't think it had a name when we started. If punk has any roots, Dada is part of it. And we saw ourselves as part of a kind of Dada tradition. Votes: 0

I identified very much with punk, not only in the fashion sector, but in every other sector. The very nature of doing something new and free meant something that was against authority. Votes: 0

Goth was sort of the melancholy cousin of punk that says: there's a lot of evil in this world, there's a lot of very mean spirited people and that makes me sad. Votes: 0

I think I take my style from all walks of life, and all generations and decades of life as well. I love mixing '50s with '80s and classic with punk. Votes: 0

People have evolved into something selfish, greedy and intolerant. People are unaccepting, because of religion, race, gender, sexual orientation... I've seen it in punk clubs, and I've seen it in the world. Votes: 0

I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock. LL Cool J was my biggest idol. Votes: 0

I pretty much grew up when punk was big in the UK. The Sex Pistols were heroes for me. I used to run around like Johnny Rotten. I had a jacket like his. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

When punk began to be a genre, people were going to go out and try to mine it. Some of the better groups, like the Ramones and the Sex Pistols, were very artificial. Votes: 0

The words we spoke and our entire punk performance aimed to express our disapproval of a specific political event: the patriarchs' support of Vladimir Putin, who has taken an authoritarian and anti-feminist course. Votes: 0

To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists and punk-rock performance poets. Votes: 0

I am Opposite of weak Opposite of slack Synonym of heat Synonym of crack Closest to the peak Far from a punk Y'all ought to stop talking And start trying to catch up Votes: 0

A lot of punk rock. I listen to various stuff just cuz my friends now listen to a lot of different bands. I listen to a lot of underground stuff like jungle music. Votes: 0

The New York Dolls did not think of themselves as punk rock. There was no such term at the time. They were just another band in what was called the New York scene. Votes: 0

I love punk rock, The Clash, The Ramones, The Cramps. I love where it all came from, and music for my ears now, it has to have that same electricity, adrenaline and danger. Votes: 0

I never wanted to be part of any scene, I never wanted to be a part of anything, I wanted to do my own thing. Those are the lessons I learned from punk rock. Votes: 0

Once I got into punk rock, I started mail-ordering albums, because a lot of the record stores in my area didn't carry the punk bands from England or Sweden or Chicago or Los Angeles Votes: 0

It's a real smug self-righteous punk kid saying nobody has the right to tell him what to do and how dare you put a sign up saying that I can't go on your property? Votes: 0

Any parent would have reservations if their kid came home dressed like a skinhead, but mine understood that punk kept me focused on something when so many of my friends were out robbing 7-Elevens. Votes: 0

I listened to classic rock and roll, and punk rock. 'Goon Squad' provides a pretty accurate playlist of my teenage years, though it leaves out 'The Who,' which was my absolute favorite band. Votes: 0

When I was a punk teenager, I rebelled because lots of people in Iceland think that foreigners are evil and that if you don't wear woolen hats and eat sheep, you're betraying your heritage. Votes: 0

The kid who throws his spaghetti from the high chair onto his father's face, he's pushing back. He's sticking it to the man as he sees it. I like that. So that is punk. Votes: 0

The first Decline I did was out of sheer love and appreciation for the music. In 1977, it was more about bands, because punk was a new form of music. It was groundbreaking and political. Votes: 0

All the selling out talk is really overrated, the funny thing is it hardly ever comes from bands, it comes from some kid who thinks they're so punk because they have a purple mohawk Votes: 0

The funniest thing happened in one of my first scenes. In the beginning Emma was really arrogant and punk and in every scene she would slam the door when she walked in or out. Votes: 0

I enjoy punk, the attitude as well as the music, but I don't feel like I have to be a carbon copy of it and invite all this controversy just to be punk rock." Votes: 0

I started going to Madame Louise's, the lesbian club where all the punk bands used to go - the Sex Pistols, the Clash. I remember seeing Billy Idol walk in there; he was gorgeous. Votes: 0

I don't listen to punk any more, unless it's right before I play. Not that I don't like it, it's nostalgic. But, it's for kids and it should be it's not art, it's expression. Votes: 0

Even though we're not the most punk rock band, the way we've done things is pretty punk rock. Just kinda say it with a big middle finger to the record labels and do it ourselves. Votes: 0

Lou's such an old punk he was around when the Ramones were junkie hustlers first and musicians second, when punk meant something other than a mass-marketing concept designed to help the bridge-and-tunnel crowd feel cool. Votes: 0

Listening is like running down a mountain on a switchback trail, the sound of surprise generating its own momentum. There's a punk glee inside the bluegrass craft"“and a punk vehemence inside the bluegrass smile. Votes: 0

As a child there was no place for adventure or experimentation. I guess that kind of freedom started in high school with punk rock. That's what enlightened me to not being afraid to express myself. Votes: 0

I was a snot-nosed teenage skater at one point, who listened to only punk records and hung around people that had that idea of what is okay to do and what isn't okay to do. Votes: 0

When I've met people that work in any walk of life they say, "If it wasn't for punk I wouldn't be doing it this way." I think spiritually, it did change the world a lot. Votes: 0

I think one of the most important things punk brought back was the whole concept of staying independent and doing things yourself. It made music a lot less boring in any category you can name. Votes: 0

I have found myself deeply, deeply intrigued by the ska-punk scene. It's such an expressive form of popular music, it's so real, it's got so much life: it's the most vital music in the world. Votes: 0

I'm creative. I can't relax unless I've got some project on the go. I'm somebody from art school, and art school during the punk era, when you just had a go at whatever came along. Votes: 0

There is a great deal of cyberpunk that I admire, especially the work of William Gibson which I think is excellent. Somehow he speaks from his own heart and cyber punk is what comes out. Votes: 0

Even though were not the most punk rock band, the way weve done things is pretty punk rock. Just kinda say it with a big middle finger to the record labels and do it ourselves. Votes: 0

I was into punk, but I didn't go whole-hog. A lot of kids who grew up in small towns that were into punk music went the "safe" way - not doing drugs, being straight edge. Votes: 0

I'd been a Bowie fan before punk and used to get no end of trouble. I was always getting knocked about and having to run up the street, getting chased by people. It was horrible. Votes: 0