My sister, who is a wonderful and beautiful actress now, when she was 11 or 12, she would go out and take… — Charles Bock Copy Share Image
Punk rock wasn't a career choice. It was a hobby that we did for fun. We never thought we'd get as big… — Dexter Holland Copy Share Image
Heavy metal is the enemy. Everybody but me keeps going back and forth between metal and punk, but I'm narrow-minded and a… — Kim Shattuck Copy Share Image
I think that my biggest influences are electronic acts. Daft Punk is probably my number 1, then Kanye West would be number… — Porter Robinson Copy Share Image
England was very frustrating in the Seventies for anyone who was trying to wake up. It was visible in punk, in clothes,… — Genesis P-Orridge Copy Share Image
We grew up with all the Fat Wreck Records and all the Epitaph bands, that era. We mixed it up together. We… — Chuck Comeau Copy Share Image
I was in bands all through my youth. Things started out more acoustic and then piano ballads. Then R&B followed by sappy… — Lights Copy Share Image
I do fear for the generations of people who came of age thinking that pop-punk is what punk is, and that all… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
In many ways, I have no idea what would have become of me if punk hadn't happened, because the '70s turned out… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
With the single crossing over to pop radio, it's bringing out new people to the shows. We've got all our metal kids… — Jacoby Shaddix Copy Share Image
I went to a fancy dress party as a punk. I went through a stage of being a wannabe punk from the… — Georgia Groome Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“But the trouble is that conscious futility is something only for the young. One cannot go on "despairing of life" in to… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I've lost my share in the pen. I don't keep track, but I've won much more than I've lost. Since I was… — Kimbo Slice Copy Share Image
He doesn’t pretend,” the punk pixie said. He nodded toward Doyle. “Nice rings. You got anything else pierced?” “Yes,” Doyle said. The… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I think one of the most important things punk brought back was the whole concept of staying independent and doing things yourself.… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
It's kind of cool being at a poker table with the guys from NOFX, a guy from Bad Religion, a guy from… — Chad Gilbert Copy Share Image
'Waking the Fallen' truly encompasses everything that Avenged Sevenfold was at that time. It was us being fearless, us showing our roots… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
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,… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
It was an important period for us, because even though we weren't a "punk band", and what became a model for a… — Stephen Mallinder Copy Share Image
I did make a lot of my own clothes. I used to love to sew, so I made my own shirts and… — Chrissie Hynde Copy Share Image
I was just a music lover who wondered what it would sound like if Otis Redding strapped on a guitar and played… — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
PUNK IS: the personal expression of uniqueness that comes from the experiences of growing up in touch with our human ability to… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
Barry White, Smokey Robinson and Curtis Mayfield are big influences for me. But I'm also a metal head. I was in a… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
The new album is a childhood dream come true. Got to sing with Ronnie Spector, got to cover a bunch of songs… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't really have a specific style, it changes every day depending on who I am with, or the place I am… — Lady Amelia Windsor Copy Share Image
What characterized the whole punk scene for me in 1977 was there was no racism or sexism. It was an anarchy of… — Chrissie Hynde Copy Share Image
I thought [ as a kid], "Maybe I don't want to start a punk band necessarily. I just want to learn to… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
The first time that I came to New York to work properly was the mid-'80s, but I was doing eight shows a… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
My attraction to the Church of Satan... is the same thing that initially attracted me to punk rock. It was something that… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
“They got drunk and high on a regular basis, but this is a vestige of youth that you either quit while you're… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
Super-envious of the fact that Daft Punk can wear robot helmets and be one of the most famous bands in the world,… — Frank Ocean Copy Share Image
I'm not a critic. I'm not a journalist. I'm not a philosopher. Arguing that punk has run its course is like saying… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“I particularly dug the subgenre of horror punk, which was basically just punk bands dressing up like zombies or ghosts and pouring… — Hannah Wilde Copy Share Image
I want to give haute couture a kind of wink, a sense of humour - to introduce the whole sense of freedom… — Yves Saint Laurent Copy Share Image
There are always young bands playing in their garages. A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream.… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
I had always told my people, 'If you set me up to get 'Punk'd,' I ain't never speaking to you again, because… — Paul Wall Copy Share Image
![“We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing. Some of the punks didn't know what to make of us, but I finally realized that was what made us punk. We sang what we meant, from the heart, and didn't worry about what anyone was…” quote by Billie Joe Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c6c/billie-joe-armstrong-1888_endearing_we-never-fit-in-completely-to-the-punk-s_1176427.png)
![“I thought [ as a kid], "Maybe I don't want to start a punk band necessarily. I just want to learn to be a great songwriter," and got really into trying to figure out how that could be possible.” quote by Ezra Furman](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f47/ezra-furman-4439_band_i-thought-as-a-kid-maybe-i-don-t-want-to_1161591.jpg)
