--- title: "1 Alternative Scene Quotes By Keith Allen" description: "1 Alternative Scene quotes by Keith Allen. Plus more from Keith Allen and more Alternative Scene sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/321/keith-allen-8618_changed_punk-changed-everything-it-blew-away-all_2573233.jpg" --- > [Punk changed everything. It blew away all the dull, pompous stuff that happened before, like glam rock. Kids were getting involved in causes like Rock Against Racism and they needed music that reflected that. Something similar was happening in comedy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-allen/punk-changed-everything-it-blew-away-all-the-dull-pompous-stuff-that/) [Keith Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/321/keith-allen-8618_changed_punk-changed-everything-it-blew-away-all_2573233.jpg) ## More by Keith Allen > [I don't want to be loved. No interest in being loved whatsoever. Actually, I don't mind being misunderstood either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-allen/i-don-t-want-to-be-loved-no-interest-in-being-loved-whatsoever/) [Keith Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-allen/) > [We make our own pesto. Our own chutney and jams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-allen/we-make-our-own-pesto-our-own-chutney-and-jams/) [Keith Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-allen/) > [I hate technically constructed actors. In fact, I hate anything technically constructed, unless it's a bridge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-allen/i-hate-technically-constructed-actors-in-fact-i-hate-anything/) [Keith Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-allen/) > [All actors will tell you that baddies are where the money is because they stick in people's minds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-allen/all-actors-will-tell-you-that-baddies-are-where-the-money-is-because/) [Keith Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-allen/) > [Vanity takes a lot of work. I'm too lazy to be vain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-allen/vanity-takes-a-lot-of-work-i-m-too-lazy-to-be-vain/) [Keith Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-allen/) > [I knew Joe Strummer back in the days before he formed the Clash.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-allen/i-knew-joe-strummer-back-in-the-days-before-he-formed-the-clash/) [Keith Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-allen/) > [I only did the comedy thing because I just thought I could do it better than anyone else at the time. And I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-allen/i-only-did-the-comedy-thing-because-i-just-thought-i-could-do-it/) [Keith Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-allen/) > [I've been on the edge of everything, like one of those characters at the side of a Brueghel painting with a warty nose. I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-allen/i-ve-been-on-the-edge-of-everything-like-one-of-those-characters-at/) [Keith Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-allen/) > [If the press can take the easy option, they will. To them, I'm always 'the wild man.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-allen/if-the-press-can-take-the-easy-option-they-will-to-them-i-m-always/) [Keith Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-allen/) > [I'm delighted that the BBC has given me the chance to delve into the murky world of 'The Body Farm.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-allen/i-m-delighted-that-the-bbc-has-given-me-the-chance-to-delve-into-the/) [Keith Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-allen/) > [The Internet is a global lavatory wall, a Rabelaisian mixture of truth, lies, insanity and humour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-allen/the-internet-is-a-global-lavatory-wall-a-rabelaisian-mixture-of-truth/) [Keith Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-allen/) > [I love reading when I'm on holiday.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-allen/i-love-reading-when-i-m-on-holiday/) [Keith Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-allen/) > [I hardly ever drink.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-allen/i-hardly-ever-drink/) [Keith Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-allen/) > [I'm very old fashioned. I'm from an era where your phone is in the house so if you are pottering in the garden then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-allen/i-m-very-old-fashioned-i-m-from-an-era-where-your-phone-is-in-the/) [Keith Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-allen/) > [We are governed by consumerism and it's terrible when that is all that life is geared to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-allen/we-are-governed-by-consumerism-and-it-s-terrible-when-that-is-all/) [Keith Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-allen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alternative-scene/keith-allen/#itemlist", "name": "1 Alternative Scene Quotes By Keith Allen", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Punk changed everything. It blew away all the dull, pompous stuff that happened before, like glam rock. 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