Punk Quotes · Page 17

There's guys like Daniel Bryan and CM Punk that incorporated mixed martial arts submissions and moves into professional wrestling. I feel like…

— Matt Riddle

Wearing shorts is a huge perk. I think it's probably one of the reasons people become mailmen. You also get to drive…

— Jimmy Fallon

I always like to play in beautiful cathedrals, when I can somehow get access to do a punk show there.

— Phil Elverum

I think, fundamentally, the core of everything I do is punk rock.

— CM Punk

I've always thought that gaming and YouTube and the web is a very post-punk extravaganza.

— Malcolm Mclaren

Coming off the back of the live album, there was a certain edginess and an almost punk energy that I've missed for…

— John Waite

Punk allowed women to stop looking feminine. Oh, the relief.

— Jo Brand

Being 15 and like a punk in the DIY community, basically being with a group of people like no one else, it…

— Babatunde Adebimpe

I think, in the early years, my biggest influences would have been... Daft Punk was a huge one for me, I bought…

— Flume

A lot of people of color in the music industry are still more interested in embracing things that are considered white canon,…

— Kelela

When punk came along, I found my generation's music. I grew up listening to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Pink…

— Robert Smith

Sometimes I'm not even really quite sure why I do what I do - do I do it because I like to…

— Sharon Needles

“I've always been spiritual but I've never had a proper context, and it took me a while to find the proper context.…

— Billy Corgan

Emo: e-mo 1. A much-maligned, mocked, and misunderstood term for melodic, expressive, and confessional punk rock.

— Andy Greenwald

It's a good time to be CM Punk right now.

— CM Punk

People always had something to say about the fact I was odd looking, bigger than other people, that I was awkward. When…

— Alison Moyet

When we play live, we go back to our punk roots.

— Gina Schock

All our old record reviews were like, 'Oh, these skate punk kids, blah, blah, blah.' And I don't skate, and we're not…

— Chad Gilbert

I thought [ as a kid], "Maybe I don't want to start a punk band necessarily. I just want to learn to…

— Ezra Furman

“Jack stared at me. He had big blue eyes that were at war with the blue in his hair for attention—vibrant, sparkling,…

— Nessie Strange

I admire plenty of people, I admire Daniel Bryan, I admire CM Punk, I admire Antonio Cesaro, Wade Barrett, Sheamus; all the…

— William Regal

Street culture is punk, hip-hop, skateboarding, surfing, graffiti. It's like a massive global culture that is all tied together. But for so…

— Jeffrey Deitch

When punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical.

— Nick Lowe

I'm tired of being ruled by the Skull and Bones. The only place they belong are on punk-rock albums!

— Jello Biafra

My first band was called Nubert Circus, a very embarrassing, dumb name. It means nothing. We were kind of grunge. I would…

— Phil Elverum