Punk Quotes · Page 11

I started playing guitar at, like, 12 or 13 and just rock bands mostly. I had a punk rock band and hard…

— Oscar Isaac

The freedom of punk really appealed to me because I came from the rules and regulations of studying classical piano.

— Charlotte Caffey

I was in punk bands when I was a kid, and then I would do stand-up in between bands - which wasn't…

— Bobcat Goldthwait

The bands you like and know that are French are always outsiders in the French music industry - Daft Punk, Air.

— Laurent Brancowitz

Punk rock is very rebellious, of course, but it also means thinking for yourself.

— Dexter Holland

When skateboarding and punk merged, it really became a large teen subculture.

— Jeffrey Deitch

I come from the home-grown punk ethic, where it doesn't matter if you can't play a note, it's how you communicate.

— Siobhan Fahey

I think I would destroy CM Punk if I'm being honest. I don't know if anyone would disagree with that.

— Logan Paul

DEVO was like the punk band that non Punk America saw as Punk and so when people who were really into Punk…

— Thurston Moore

I think that on paper we did make so many of the classic mistakes that a punk band makes, signing to a…

— Laura Jane Grace

We weren't straight-A students. We didn't start playing until we were teenagers, and we started playing rock and roll and punk rock…

— Ketch Secor

“The ethos of East Berlin punk infused the city with a radical egalitarianism and a DIY approach to maintaining independence-to conjuring up…

— Tim Mohr

I'm not an anarchist any more. I still love the Sex Pistols, but I don't want to be a punk rocker all…

— Nicolas Cage

A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a garbage can and say 'That's punk!'. So…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Playing in London in 1979 was exciting: it was at the start of new wave, the transition period after punk, and there…

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

When we came along in 1982, music was getting boring - like 1976 when punk hadn't happened. We wanted to be rock…

— Shaun Ryder

Punk-rock gave music back to people. For a long time, when I was very young, I went to go see arena rock…

— Henry Rollins

All the other rappers around me aren't saying anything worthwhile. They're lost in rap: all they do is tell you they're a…

— Skepta

I live in Nashville, and I don't know how many people there would call me country. I really started in punk and…

— Caitlin Rose

I grew up listening to everything. I was in rock n' roll bands and punk bands, and I loved bluegrass and country…

— Sturgill Simpson

In general, we like to play as a band - guitar, piano, and voice. We also tour with a bass player, a…

— Andrew Dost

Punk rock was the first thing I found in my life that made me feel acceptable. The thing that got me into…

— John Porcellino

The fashion I've acquired over the years is so sacred to me - from costumes to couture, high fashion to punk wear…

— Lady Gaga

“Prizing elegance, sweet emotions, and fantasy more than morals and truth; wallowing in fleeting romance rather than trying to give meaning to…

— novala takemoto

I can't think of any punk who's put on an acoustic and hasn't just tried to sound like James Taylor.

— Buzz Osborne

CM Punk was a great wrestler, and he has so many fans and made a lot of people happy with what he…

— Sage Northcutt

I wanted to sound new and exciting - the punk movement was over with for me.

— Edwyn Collins

Let's play with sound, forget all knowledge and instrumental skills, and just use instinct – the same way punk did.

— Yann Tiersen

I was in punk rock bands, heavy metal bands, world music bands, jazz groups, any type of music that would take me.…

— Reggie Watts

Trust me - he will be back. I promise you, at some point CM Punk will be back involved in wrestling.

— Sean Waltman

I was the only real punk rock kid in my school, with, like, the plaid pants and the Rancid t-shirt.

— Blackbear

As I got older, it turned into hardcore punk. I started getting into more aggressive music.

— David Pajo

Im 36, but I still feel like a punk kid with $200 in my savings account.

— Steve Aoki

I first got into punk music at 17, The Adverts, just from being a bored teenager.

— Kate Nash

Witchcraft scum exploiting the dumb turning children into punks and slaves.

— Bob Dylan

Pup, who's like the most amazing, they're keeping rock 'n' roll and punk alive.

— Finn Wolfhard

My mom was in a punk rock band called The Trash Women, and they toured and all of that. She had me…

— Kreayshawn

You know there was always a confusion that punk was a style of music.

— Mike Watt

I embarrass my family, singing all the time. Anything from opera to punk, via a bit of metal and soul. A very…

— Paul Whitehouse

I played in a punk rock band in high school called the High Heel Flip Flops. I was the drummer. I played…

— Thomas Rhett