Punk inspired me.

I still live very much by punk ethics, but in a more grown up way.

— Viv Albertine

I absolutely wasn't going to write a book if it was just going to be about punk.

— Viv Albertine

A significant event for me was learning Hank Williams, reconnecting with his music's simplicity, which inspired me to inhabit the same territory. It's different,…

— Stone Gossard

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

“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

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

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

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

— Travis Barker

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

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

Because the Internet's there, I have access to a lot of the legends, like Fela Kuti. I used to watch a lot of Fela…

— King Krule

New York hip-hop inspired me a lot.

— J.I.D

Music is supposed to be inspired.

— Chris Cornell

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

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