I think that what's perceived as punk out in shopping malls or in chain stores or on MTV has almost nothing to… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
All the selling out talk is really overrated, the funny thing is it hardly ever comes from bands, it comes from some… — Tom DeLonge Copy Share Image
There weren't a lot of career opportunities in crazy-fast hardcore punk, so you didn't have a lot of ambition, just the love… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
God knows America would be the greatest again if she operated like the Nugent family. No takers, no whiners, no gangsters, no… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
Back in the early 1980s when rappers couldn't perform in the fancy venues because the police were too racist and scared, it… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
If you think about a punk band, there are only, like, three instruments - bass, guitar and drums. And I wanted it… — Peaches Copy Share Image
“I've assembled a pretty good collection of mid-'70s New York punk classics on tape: Dead Boys, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Heartbreakers,… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
When I first played '1234' it was on stage in San Francisco at some kind of, like, sticky-floored club. And it felt… — Feist Copy Share Image
“The day Flag went on tour forever we set the loading dock on fire. It was a special kind of concrete that… — Noah Wareness Copy Share Image
Let's say punk rock was described to you as 'three chords of rock music played roughly.' Would that be sufficient? If you… — Novala Takemoto Copy Share Image
One minute I'm the punk rock tattooed guy who had 'Walkin' on the Sun' and all these other songs , and then… — Steve Harwell Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, science meshed with my developing ideals - such as the challenge to authority that was central to… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
One of my friends was a stage hand at a Bob Dylan show in the mid-90s and I remember him telling me… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I remember seeing the full Daft Punk pyramid show in 2007. I went alone, drove up in my Honda Fit, bought a… — Skrillex Copy Share Image
Listen, punk. To me you're nothin' but dogshit, you understand? And a lot of things can happen to dogshit. It can be… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Some people say, 'Oh you're a weird queen. You're a punk queen.' All queens are weird! I don't care if you're in… — Sharon Needles Copy Share Image
“I consider giving her crap about her lack of organizational skills, but decided not to. It took some major balls to be… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
I think have my own style; no one has ever tried playback singing before. I might release a punk rock song that… — Atif Aslam Copy Share Image
When I was a punk teenager, I rebelled because lots of people in Iceland think that foreigners are evil and that if… — Bjork Copy Share Image
I'm an odd mixture. I'm a sort of Geordie punk who started in classical theatre. It means nobody ever knows quite where… — Andrea Riseborough Copy Share Image
I need punk rock. It's the medicine for me, but it's bitter and sickening. If you don't need it - if you're… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
When I joined the band, I hadn't been introduced to a lot of these bands on the scene - no emo bands… — Chrissy Costanza Copy Share Image
Punk was originally about creating new, important, energetic music that would hopefully threaten the status quo and the stupidity of the 1970s. — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
It’s always this thing where we’re constantly waiting for something that will come in electronic music that says, ‘Daft Punk sucks!’ That’s… — Thomas Bangalter Copy Share Image
I listened to classic rock and roll, and punk rock. 'Goon Squad' provides a pretty accurate playlist of my teenage years, though… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
Punk rock seems like my childhood, the glorious, very exciting naivete of rock n' roll. Stenguns and guitars seem very idealistic when… — Tony James Copy Share Image
I've always been spiritual but I've never had a proper context, and it took me awhile to find the proper context. It's… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
I definitely care about how the concept of New York punk was constructed, and why it mattered. But I wasn't gonna doÂ… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
“Hit the Dead for they won't listen, Hit the Dead for they don't know, Hit the Dead they're all imprisoned, Hit the… — Peter L Masters Copy Share Image
All the music I listened to in high school that I loved and that moved me wasn't the same music other kids… — Mike D Copy Share Image
There was a moment when Prince did rock & roll with a sponge-y seductive sound. I think that's what was in our… — Bono Copy Share Image
Punk gave me the strength to think, "Yeah, you can stand up and be counted, and do what you want in life,… — Steve Diggle Copy Share Image
I was a snot-nosed teenage skater at one point, who listened to only punk records and hung around people that had that… — Ariel Rechtshaid Copy Share Image
I was into punk rock back when I was in high school. I used to go around to dive venues and take… — Garrett Hedlund Copy Share Image
Folk-punk artists like This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb or Paul Baribeau were popular in the Florida punk community. I saw people… — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
Punk is just like any other sub culture or music. Straight rock music has those elements. I grew up in a place… — Justin Sane Copy Share Image
A man once asked me, what's punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that's punk. He kicked over a trash… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
I mean, in 1979 I was seven. I do remember punk, though, as a playground phenomenon, and remember that it was exciting… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I was fortunate enough to be living in Hollywood, CA, when the underground punk rock music scene started. It was a small… — Charlotte Caffey Copy Share Image
