Punk Quotes · Page 11

We don't feel like we changed from rave, because we were never rave, to punk, because we're not punk.

— Keith Flint

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

— Pete Wentz

“To feeling no shame in fear, no doubt in survival, and no silence in anger.”

— Cristy C. Road

I was always taught by punk to think for yourself and to question authority. That's what I've always tried to do.

— Laura Jane Grace

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

— Jello Biafra

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

— Lady Gaga

I think I'm a punk rocker at heart. I just love the aggression in that music.

— Van Hunt

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

— Simon Cowell

When that punk strain came to Britain and infected everyone. It was more than just a sound. There was an ethos, an…

— Jim Kerr

That's exactly the reason I'm leaving RCR because you've got those punk-ass kids coming up. They've got no respect for what they…

— Kevin Harvick

We really try not to spend too much time thinking about what we're supposed to be a punk band, or whatever. We…

— Mark Hoppus

In terms of stage presence for me, I'm influenced by a myriad of things. A lot of punk performers, people like Dave…

— Andy Biersack

Musically, New York is a big influence on me. Walk down the street for five minutes and you'll hear homeless punk rockers,…

— Moby

Punk to me was a form of free speech. It was a moment when suddenly all kinds of strange voices that no…

— Greil Marcus

In the end, punk inevitably burned itself out and acted as a bridge across which the New Romantics could sashay in their…

— Jo Brand

Punk was a protest against work and against boredom. It was a sign of life, a rant, a scream, a rejection of…

— Tom Hodgkinson

I'm getting tired of saying hello to Stan Smith and not getting any reply. I'm cocky and confident and maybe I'm too…

— Jimmy Connors

I moved to Naples, Florida, and by 15 I was into punk: Green Day, Rancid, NOFX, Operation Ivy. Along with the classic…

— Laura Jane Grace

My first passion was running: I excelled at that starting till the end of the high school. I pretty much cover about…

— Eugene Hutz

I think I've always been extremely conscious of the kind of empowerment that comes from realizing that you're in a position to…

— J. Robbins

I'm all for CM Punk becoming a part of the organization. I think his background and training in martial arts, he should…

— Frank Mir

We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing. Some of…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

“But the trouble is that conscious futility is something only for the young. One cannot go on "despairing of life" in to…

— George Orwell

“Jack stared at me. He had big blue eyes that were at war with the blue in his hair for attention—vibrant, sparkling,…

— Nessie Strange

Punk is like looking at a mirror. I already have a mirror so I don't need the Offspring to remind me how…

— John Lydon

To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I…

— Joey Ramone

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

— Mike Watt

I embarrass my family, singing all the time. Anything from opera to punk, via a bit of metal and soul. A very…

— Paul Whitehouse

I played in a punk rock band in high school called the High Heel Flip Flops. I was the drummer. I played…

— Thomas Rhett

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

— Mike Watt

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

— Kurt Cobain

There's an irony about making a film about punk because punk isn't supposed to have feature films made about it.

— Toyah Willcox

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

— Henry Rollins

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

— Mike Dirnt

There are plenty of politically motivated pretenders out there preparing to punk you, and you better be on your toes.

— Michael Caputo

I still think of myself as punk, because the way I became empowered to play music is entirely due to punk bands.

— John K. Samson

I was a DJ in college and had my own punk music-focused show all four years.

— Matt Besser

I just find social media such a robotic experience, whereas punk was right in your face.

— Toyah Willcox

I like the way punk people perform better than rappers, because rappers suck at performing - no offense.

— Denzel Curry

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

— Killer Mike