There are several books out on punk history, but I haven't read any of them. I was there. — Greg Ginn Copy Share Image
When punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical. — Nick Lowe Copy Share Image
My go-to necktie is jet black, skinny, and simple. It goes with everything. I really like that mod-ish punk look. — Nigel Barker Copy Share Image
Good Charlotte are a band with punk values - they look it, they grew up on the music, and they believe in… — Su-chin Pak Copy Share Image
CM Punk clearly established during his time as a Paul Heyman Guy that he was, as the billing suggested, The Best In… — Paul Heyman Copy Share Image
“So I was a punk out of frustration. But I became a Tory out of hope.” — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don't think what you're doing… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
My favorite punk rock song is 'Linoleum' by NOFX. That's pure harmony, the coolest chord changes. — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
I was about 16 when punk started to happen. It was so exciting. You had a social depression going on in the… — Boy George Copy Share Image
I'd been thinking I'd have to learn how to play really well, but obviously the message of punk was that you just… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
I was pretty much into punk rock and that's all I cared about. I was into Green Day and the Ramones. I… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
It's all magic to me. Country to punk rock, all of it. Chopin to Kurt Cobain. But it always all comes back… — James Marsters Copy Share Image
I was a huge Bowie fan since I was 12 years old. That was the first 'punk' rock I got into in… — Buzz Osborne Copy Share Image
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… — Milo Aukerman Copy Share Image
I don't have any phobias with any language, and I've grown up listening to Anglo-American rock n roll as well as Welsh-language… — Gruff Rhys Copy Share Image
I can't think of another artist who has a fan base as diverse, in that the ladies in their 70s at the… — John Carter Cash Copy Share Image
When we first came out it was this happy accident, and I was sort of into hardcore at the time. Jordan our… — Chad Gilbert Copy Share Image
From what I see, nowadays punk and anarchy are still connected with "fast loud music by smelly drunk chaos-people" and, yes, I… — G.W. Sok Copy Share Image
While the behavior of the Russian government, Putin and Putin punks are abhorrent, nothing will be changed by boycotting the Sochi Winter… — David Mixner Copy Share Image
Punk, and rock in general, is often very myopic. When people sing about "the world," they're generally focused almost entirely on the… — G.W. Sok Copy Share Image
To make a live record - something that has a lot of life in it - is difficult. After slaving away for… — John Vanderslice Copy Share Image
I remember at 16 years old, growing up in Queens, we were punks, but hey, when we went to the theater, we… — James Caan Copy Share Image
I had to cook when I left my parents' house at 18. I was hanging out in the punk scene, and didn't… — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
The fashion I've acquired over the years is so sacred to me - from costumes to couture, high fashion to punk wear… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
When I went to record my first album, which should have been a punk album, there was a synthesiser in the control… — Gary Numan Copy Share Image
“Children are rarely taught critical thinking anymore, and society has become so antirational that basic reason and evidence are the new counterculture:… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I was obsessed with heavy metal, Van Halen, Motley Crue. The older I got, my tastes widened.… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
All the selling out talk is really overrated, the funny thing is it hardly ever comes from bands, it comes from some… — Tom DeLonge Copy Share Image
God knows America would be the greatest again if she operated like the Nugent family. No takers, no whiners, no gangsters, no… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
Back in the early 1980s when rappers couldn't perform in the fancy venues because the police were too racist and scared, it… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
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… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
“I consider giving her crap about her lack of organizational skills, but decided not to. It took some major balls to be… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
Some people say, 'Oh you're a weird queen. You're a punk queen.' All queens are weird! I don't care if you're in… — Sharon Needles Copy Share Image
“I've assembled a pretty good collection of mid-'70s New York punk classics on tape: Dead Boys, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Heartbreakers,… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I think have my own style; no one has ever tried playback singing before. I might release a punk rock song that… — Atif Aslam Copy Share Image
If you think about a punk band, there are only, like, three instruments - bass, guitar and drums. And I wanted it… — Peaches Copy Share Image
I was picked on a lot as a kid because of the way I dressed. Metal and punk music got me through… — Machine Gun Kelly Copy Share Image
Even though I have a huge love for alternative music and punk music, particularly, I have always had the love for pop… — MO Copy Share Image
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… — CM Punk Copy Share Image
