Punk Quotes · Page 18

We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing. Some of…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

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

— Chuck Berry

I think my style is quite grungy and punky. I love the '90s and the music from that time, and I love…

— Chelsea Leyland

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

— Mike Watt

I know a little about CM Punk in that he does his own thing. I'm inspired by people who do that in…

— The Ultimate Warrior

I admired punk because I came from a violent band as well. Especially in the first four or five years, we were…

— Bill Ward

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

I turned to punk because I didn't fit in anywhere else.

— Laura Jane Grace

“never say amen in church if they're capping off a prayer about you.”

— Exene Cervenka

I've not been an admirer of contemporary music since punk rock went off the boil in 1977, but once a year I'll…

— Billy Childish

When I first moved to New York in 2006, I spent most of my time hanging out at and going to shows…

— Kevin Morby

When the punk thing came along and I heard my friends saying, I hate these people with the pins in their ears.…

— Neil Young

I don't think either the Offspring or Green Day started their bands with the intention of becoming so enormously popular; that sort…

— Jello Biafra

Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

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

— Bob Dylan

By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso.

— Robert Quine

Never mind the track. The track is for punks. We are Road People. We are Cafe Racers.

— Hunter S. Thompson

I love '90s grunge and punk.

— Alice Dellal

Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear. We could…

— Boy George

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

— Toyah Willcox

When you're thirteen and listening to punk, the aggressive nature of music can sway you to the dark side.

— Dave Grohl

I didn't know who was on the team, but I saw every eye as I walked down the aisle. It looked like…

— Al Kaline

'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.

— Patrick Stump

All punk music is is rebellion, going against the grain. It takes different forms. Sometimes it's a band throwing their instruments around…

— Mura Masa

Hunx is kind of just, like, a really trashy punk band, honestly.

— Hunx