Punk Quotes · Page 15

I tried to play bass in a punk band once, and it was an absolute disaster. I can’t play anything. I don’t…

— Nate Ruess

We like to combine genres. Theo grew up listening to punk, and I love Christina Aguilera.

— Sasha Spielberg

I was not a fan of the Clash or, for that matter, any other punk band that existed.

— Glyn Johns

I think people are too hard on the Pistols. The Pistols started the whole punk thing and never saw much money.

— Gavin Rossdale

A lot of people don't know that the Go-Go's came from the L.A. punk scene.

— Belinda Carlisle

I've been a fan of Bad Brains ever since I can remember. They are iconic pioneers of punk, not just the music…

— Shavo Odadjian

I got all A's and was hated for it; I spoke correctly and was called a punk.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I was still doing the punk thing, but also playing in some indie bands, I had a less crazy hairstyle.

— Tony Palermo

I wanted to get a guitar [when I was 13] so I could play punk songs because kid taught me power chords…

— Ezra Furman

I was into punk rock my whole life. I never listened to the Eagles. I never listened to things that were getting…

— James Murphy

I am genuinely into soul, R&B and hip hop - all these genres that get slapped under the 'soul' genre. That spoke…

— Patrick Stump

Inside and outside of the ring, what you see is what you get. I'm CM Punk. I'm not trying to be something…

— CM Punk

“Tell me sir if you will, where in the Bible does it state that it’s ok to judge others based purely on…

— Sofea Shah

Growing up in a band is weird - you get stuck hanging on to what it is you think you are. But…

— Dave Gahan

My musical sensibilities were formed around punk rock, that quintessential dilution of an art that's both ugly and lovely at the same…

— Joshua Mohr

Whether you like punk, grunge, or early rock and roll, there's probably something in there you've been living with your whole life…

— Gregory Porter

I was in bands, but they were punk bands, and you plug in the guitars, you turn them up really loud, you've…

— Oscar Isaac

I was starting to play the ukulele at the same time I was having all these conversations with [the late Ramones guitarist]…

— Eddie Vedder

My attitude is if somebody blunders into the level of popularity; at least remember the human factor. These guys are still human…

— Jello Biafra

If you hadn't seen what we looked like, you would have thought we were a punk band. I remember going down to…

— Motorhead

I was always interested in music, I felt it was time to do it, coming out of the punk scene [1979]. I…

— Rozz Williams

I remember when I was about 15 and still listened to Pet Shop Boys and Chas And Dave, some lad at school…

— Pete Doherty

I think English punk died in '79 or '80. Maybe '82 at the latest. As far as American punk goes, it wasn't…

— Greg Graffin

As a late teenager, the punk movement pushed me further. In particular, the Clash, which happened to leak through the time of…

— Chuck D

Music is music; you can't change rock and say well this is punk rock and this is acid rock or rockabilly.

— Chuck Berry

Anything that's new wave is new. As far as punk rock goes, I've never really been exposed to any.

— George Thorogood

Claire - "Go ahead. And thanks. Oh, and be careful?" Eve - "Please. I am the queen of careful. Also, princess of…

— Rachel Caine

The problem is we moved to LA... The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican.

— Trey Parker

I can't sing that well, but when punk-rock came along, it changed all that.

— Jim Carroll

Punk became a circus didn't it? Everybody got it wrong. The message was supposed to be: Don't follow us, do what you…

— John Lydon

I used to hang out with a bunch of old punk rockers when I was a little kid.

— Norman Reedus

Punk helped musical fringes get attention. Stuff like Nirvana could never have happened without it.

— Toyah Willcox

Ain't nobody more punk rock than Robert Johnson, Lead Belly, even Little Richard.

— Fantastic Negrito

My music is pretty honest. I can't rap on science fiction. Punk is from the street.

— Rick James

I listen to a lot of Nashville local music, which, for the most part, is punk and grunge music but also alt-country…

— Soccer Mommy

The jocks that used to stuff me into a locker when I was a punk rocker are my best buddies now.

— Jonathan Evison

I've never heard Daft Punk; I've never heard a track of theirs in my life. They're the two guys with motorcycle helmets…

— Henry Rollins

I've done bit parts on shows where I've been the fat girl or the punk rocker.

— Karen Kilgariff

We take a lot of inspiration from punk rock and early rock 'n' roll from the '50s and early '60s.

— Ezra Furman

To me, rockabilly music paralleled punk's energy and feeling, but the players were much better.

— Brian Setzer