When punk came along, I found my generation's music. I grew up listening to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Pink… — Robert Smith Copy Share Image
My off-camera friendship with Brock Lesnar has always been different than my off-camera friendship with CM Punk. But I could not tell… — Paul Heyman Copy Share Image
I didn't know who was on the team, but I saw every eye as I walked down the aisle. It looked like… — Al Kaline Copy Share Image
I've always talked a lot on stage - I really wanted to communicate my ideas and when you're playing at a lot… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
People always had something to say about the fact I was odd looking, bigger than other people, that I was awkward. When… — Alison Moyet Copy Share Image
There was something punk rock about Bobby Kennedy not going where the pollsters said or where consultants said. He was unmoored from… — Beto O'Rourke Copy Share Image
High school and college were my punk, formative years. I was playing hardcore, learning to be a musician. In bands, you tour,… — Steve Aoki Copy Share Image
We like to be punks. We like to still be kind of edgy and if being edgy means you might teeter on… — Milo Aukerman Copy Share Image
People ask me: ‘What is punk? How do you define punk?' Here's how I define punk: It's a free space. It could… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I was born in San Francisco. I was raised in Oakland, so I'm, like, super Bay Area born, and, you know, it's… — Kreayshawn Copy Share Image
You know, punk bands now sell with one record - their first or second record - sell 10 times the amount of… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
“We agreed that at least to some extent the whole punk movement is based on the Buddha's 1st noble truth of suffering… — Noah Levine Copy Share Image
I would be doomed if I didn't invent humor in my life. When I was young, I had all these punk and… — Nils Frahm Copy Share Image
Nellie Gomez awoke to a splitting headache. Worse, she was still hungry. "Where's my croissant?" she demanded of the person leaning over… — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
Punk was sort of an angry stance against things that had happened just before, against the pop of glam rock, against progressive… — Gary Kemp Copy Share Image
The first thing that got to me was seeing David Bowie on a children's TV show, but Bowie was way beyond my… — Edwyn Collins Copy Share Image
Punk-rock records came out and you bought whatever you could find. But Devo didn't happen for another three years. Sex Pistols didn't… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
Any parent would have reservations if their kid came home dressed like a skinhead, but mine understood that punk kept me focused… — Daughn Gibson Copy Share Image
Lyrics became important for a while in the late Seventies. Patti Smith was a poet and a rock star, as much one… — John Cooper Clarke Copy Share Image
When Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee, Tommy and me were inducted to the Hall of Fame, it meant we were with the Beatles,… — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and… — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
You could say Iggy and the Stooges were garage. You could say the Kinks helped start heavy metal with that guitar sound… — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
A lot of people say I look like a rock star or a designer punk. But I swear it's the job that… — Marco Pierre White Copy Share Image
The kid who throws his spaghetti from the high chair onto his father's face, he's pushing back. He's sticking it to the… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I used to be in music, in a punk band in my teens. It was very teenage of me, I wanted to… — Rege-Jean Page Copy Share Image
To see classic rock, you had to go to an arena. But punk was happening everywhere, even in little towns in the… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
I've been trying to challenge myself to be more explicit. I've always liked punk rock and Sonic Youth. I make that music… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
As long as we continue to fight in between the jamming with all we have to save America from the current suicidal… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
It is hard to explain to people now how hard it was being a punk back then [the 1970s]. If you had… — John Roecker Copy Share Image
Punk is an attitude, not a genre, age group, or time period. What's interesting is trying to define the blues and punk… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I don't think that the punk sound really became the punk sound until much later. The punk era wasn't really just one… — Debbie Harry Copy Share Image
Since I was a young girl in the punk scene, almost all of my friends have been gay or lesbian, so for… — Belinda Carlisle Copy Share Image
A lot of punk rock. I listen to various stuff just cuz my friends now listen to a lot of different bands.… — Cassie Steele Copy Share Image
I had a band called Infectious Grooves back in the Nineties. That music was really a mixture of styles, and we had… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
There is something encouraging about the rebellious spirit of the Internet. It's like the modern equivalent of punk - anyone can make… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
Street culture is punk, hip-hop, skateboarding, surfing, graffiti. It's like a massive global culture that is all tied together. But for so… — Jeffrey Deitch Copy Share Image
Every girl wants songs written about her. Even the most hardened tattoo-covered punk rock girl would love a nice ballad written for… — Eef Barzelay Copy Share Image
I admire plenty of people, I admire Daniel Bryan, I admire CM Punk, I admire Antonio Cesaro, Wade Barrett, Sheamus; all the… — William Regal Copy Share Image
Punk's really cool because it's very inclusive of all types, which I like. And I would submit that even though people talk… — Milo Aukerman Copy Share Image
Maybe sincerity is the new punk. But to me, I think I have to connect with something emotionally, on some level, or… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
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