At its best New Wave/punk represents a fundamental and age-old Utopian dream: that if you give people the license to be as… — Lester Bangs Copy Share Image
I took Punk to be the detonation of some slow-fused projectile buried deep in society's flank a decade earlier, and I took… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
I think I take my style from all walks of life, and all generations and decades of life as well. I love… — Kelly Osbourne Copy Share Image
I have a very strong paternal streak. I'm a born father...I get such enjoyment out of being with children. Now they are… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I heard 'Get Lucky'; it's just not my taste. It's great what Daft Punk does and the sound quality is great, but… — Tiesto Copy Share Image
I grabbed my drummer's cymbal in my teeth just as he crashed down on it with his sticks-I blacked out. I was… — Meredith Brooks Copy Share Image
I've always gravitated naturally towards a little bit of a heavier thing, having been in punk bands and metal bands before I… — Lights Copy Share Image
The words we spoke and our entire punk performance aimed to express our disapproval of a specific political event: the patriarchs' support… — Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Copy Share Image
“Arturo Vega: I always thought the ONLY way to really conquer evil is to make love to it. My favourite dream is… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
If there's one thing that differentiates me from the rest of my family it's the rock element. I hung out with friends… — Martha Wainwright Copy Share Image
It seems that the Internet is setting the standard for almost everything. I can't imagine having something like punk rock happen where… — Memory Tapes Copy Share Image
In the beginning, I was very punk. I was very revolutionary. When they asked me to do Givenchy, I didn't want to… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
During our first year, we were playing Priest and Maiden cover tunes all the time while we figured out what we wanted… — Jeff Hanneman Copy Share Image
It seems like the powers that be are really trying to separate everything and really divide the genres and divide the trends.… — Cristian Machado Copy Share Image
“Who would ever want to read a novel about a punk and a drunk! Everybody knew a couple or a dozen; they… — Charles Jackson Copy Share Image
I think music is just a great place to focus your energy and your feelings. If you're young, you can take all… — Ali Koehler Copy Share Image
Punk rock and metal has always been a home to me, it's where I cut my teeth; and those are the friends… — John Dyer Baizley Copy Share Image
It was never my goal to capitalize on punk. I could never make it as a commercial artist. I didn't back then… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when people stop making records with the four-tracks and go into the studio, they lose the edge and the craziness and… — Josh Freese 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
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 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
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 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 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 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
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
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