I'm an odd mixture. I'm a sort of Geordie punk who started in classical theatre. It means nobody ever knows quite where… — Andrea Riseborough Copy Share Image
When I was a punk teenager, I rebelled because lots of people in Iceland think that foreigners are evil and that if… — Bjork Copy Share Image
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… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
When I joined the band, I hadn't been introduced to a lot of these bands on the scene - no emo bands… — Chrissy Costanza Copy Share Image
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… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
“Hit the Dead for they won't listen, Hit the Dead for they don't know, Hit the Dead they're all imprisoned, Hit the… — Peter L Masters Copy Share Image
I definitely care about how the concept of New York punk was constructed, and why it mattered. But I wasn't gonna doÂ… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
All the music I listened to in high school that I loved and that moved me wasn't the same music other kids… — Mike D Copy Share Image
For years now I have run a kitchen-sink punk salon in my house, called Salon du Gay. In the early days, people… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
“The day Flag went on tour forever we set the loading dock on fire. It was a special kind of concrete that… — Noah Wareness Copy Share Image
When I first played '1234' it was on stage in San Francisco at some kind of, like, sticky-floored club. And it felt… — Feist Copy Share Image
Let's say punk rock was described to you as 'three chords of rock music played roughly.' Would that be sufficient? If you… — Novala Takemoto Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, science meshed with my developing ideals - such as the challenge to authority that was central to… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
One minute I'm the punk rock tattooed guy who had 'Walkin' on the Sun' and all these other songs , and then… — Steve Harwell Copy Share Image
One of my friends was a stage hand at a Bob Dylan show in the mid-90s and I remember him telling me… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
Me personally, I side more with punk rock bands. I grew up with The Misfits, The Dead Boys, The Damned, Dropkick Murphys,… — Andy Biersack Copy Share Image
There was a moment when Prince did rock & roll with a sponge-y seductive sound. I think that's what was in our… — Bono Copy Share Image
Punk gave me the strength to think, "Yeah, you can stand up and be counted, and do what you want in life,… — Steve Diggle Copy Share Image
I was a snot-nosed teenage skater at one point, who listened to only punk records and hung around people that had that… — Ariel Rechtshaid Copy Share Image
A man once asked me, what's punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that's punk. He kicked over a trash… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
I mean, in 1979 I was seven. I do remember punk, though, as a playground phenomenon, and remember that it was exciting… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I was fortunate enough to be living in Hollywood, CA, when the underground punk rock music scene started. It was a small… — Charlotte Caffey Copy Share Image
I was into punk rock back when I was in high school. I used to go around to dive venues and take… — Garrett Hedlund Copy Share Image
Punk is just like any other sub culture or music. Straight rock music has those elements. I grew up in a place… — Justin Sane Copy Share Image
Folk-punk artists like This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb or Paul Baribeau were popular in the Florida punk community. I saw people… — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
I was part of punk's second generation, so, not the first wave of '70s punk, but the American hardcore scene. I had… — Bucky Pope Copy Share Image
I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and… — Yann Tiersen Copy Share Image
A lot of people [in the U.S.] used to say punk really didn't change anything, but I think it did. It was… — Steve Diggle Copy Share Image
It's such a measure of your solidarity with Ed, that when you would give lectures, he would be wearing a tartan tie… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
I love punk rock, The Clash, The Ramones, The Cramps. I love where it all came from, and music for my ears… — Imelda May Copy Share Image
I love The Miz! I absolutely love him. He's so snarky and that's who I want to be. I want to have… — Rhea Ripley Copy Share Image
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… — Greg Ginn Copy Share Image
Lil Jon was definitely a pioneer for some of the punk-rap acts we see now. He showed you could scream on a… — Kenny Beats Copy Share Image
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… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
I kind of remember a friend of mine saying, like, you guys should make a rap record. You know, because we were… — Adam Yauch Copy Share Image
Guetta, in general, what he did for the entire industry, same as Tiesto, same as Daft Punk, they paved the way for… — Martin Garrix Copy Share Image
Portland is where all the fringe groups went to escape. Where the outliers brought that DIY, punk rock attitude and made the… — John Gourley Copy Share Image
Triple 6 Mafia and Mystikal in Atlanta was one of my first shows. I remember how sweaty and smashed up everybody was,… — Yelawolf Copy Share Image
I am not doctor who and I can't turn back time. I once said the audience was all punks and little girls,… — Marco Pirroni Copy Share Image
Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty… — Al Jourgensen Copy Share Image
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