Punk rock was the tsunami that threatened to drown us all…

It was an important period for us, because even though we weren't a "punk band", and what became a model for a punk band,…

— Stephen Mallinder

My Nirvana experience was much different than the other three guys. For me, it was really new and exciting. I was just a guy…

— Pat Smear

For me, creating the clothes of Givenchy is the way to make my tribe. It's related to religion, too, because it's people trying to…

— Riccardo Tisci

A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing.

— Travis Barker

To see classic rock, you had to go to an arena. But punk was happening everywhere, even in little towns in the middle of…

— Bill Callahan

Don't crave fame, do what you do and just apply. I don't think many of them here today are that interested in fashion. Perhaps…

— Louise Wilson

I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish.…

— Megan Fox

“Control never be a means to any practical end. It can never be a means to anything but more control… Like punk.”

— William S. Burroughs

The spirit of punk-cabaret is that you feel that you can truly be all of who you are.

— Brian Viglione

I'm a tomboy, and my style is punk.

— CL

I hated myself totally white. So now I cheat. It's my white hair, and I put color there. My grandson says I'm punk.

— Agnes Varda

Noise has taken the place of punk rock. People who play noise have no real aspirations to being part of the mainstream culture. Punk…

— Thurston Moore

“If the early English and LA punk bands shared a common sound, the New York bands just shared the same clubs. As such, while…

— Clinton Heylin

If Nirvana had remained a small, underground punk rock band, Kurt Cobain would still be alive. And he'd probably be living in Seattle, getting…

— Moby

As a child there was no place for adventure or experimentation. I guess that kind of freedom started in high school with punk rock.…

— Mark McNairy