The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don't think what you're doing… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
My favorite punk rock song is 'Linoleum' by NOFX. That's pure harmony, the coolest chord changes. — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
CM Punk clearly established during his time as a Paul Heyman Guy that he was, as the billing suggested, The Best In… — Paul Heyman Copy Share Image
“So I was a punk out of frustration. But I became a Tory out of hope.” — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
“never say amen in church if they're capping off a prayer about you.” — Exene Cervenka Copy Share Image
There are several books out on punk history, but I haven't read any of them. I was there. — Greg Ginn Copy Share Image
To me punk rock is thinking outside of the box, outside of the program, outside the establishment. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
When punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical. — Nick Lowe Copy Share Image
It's hard to imagine the whole punk movement without The Velvet Underground. I toured with them when they did their reunion tour,… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
When we came along in 1982, music was getting boring - like 1976 when punk hadn't happened. We wanted to be rock… — Shaun Ryder Copy Share Image
There are aspects of Asian culture in my work, but it's really rooted in an American experience - transcendentalism, '60s counterculture, punk… — Fred Tomaselli Copy Share Image
Ideologically, the pursuit of science is not that different from the ideology that goes into punk rock. The idea of challenging authority… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
Indie rock is very healthy, there's a lot of diversity and a lot of creativity, but it does not have the revolutionary… — Bruce Pavitt Copy Share Image
Never did much art till I was in my 30s, except for painting video sets, designing record covers and T-shirts, and making… — Hunx Copy Share Image
I don't listen to punk any more, unless it's right before I play. Not that I don't like it, it's nostalgic. But,… — Tom DeLonge Copy Share Image
For my group of friends is Lady Gaga eye-opening? No. She's a less dangerous version of what was so cool about pop… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
Overnight, punk had become as stupid as everything else. This wonderful vital force that was articulated by the music was really about… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
The Grime guys have kind of rewritten the blueprint for people as far as creativity, songwriting, ownership, doing your own videos... So… — Richard Ashcroft Copy Share Image
I listened to a lot of The Stooges when I was writing "Oscillate," imagining our hero moving through his days naturally embodying… — Travis Mathews Copy Share Image
“Snarling an oath from an Icelandic saga, I reclaimed my place at the head of the queue. "Oy!" yelled a punk rocker,… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
We found that if you played a bunch of punk singles in a row, people would dance like crazy and then get… — Dave Wakeling Copy Share Image
Seeing Taylor Swift live in 2013 is seeing a maestro at the top of her or anyone's game. No other pop auteur… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
If girls are ever going to start to be in bands as the norm rather than as the exception. They need to… — Tobi Vail Copy Share Image
I hated it so much as a child. I just didn't like it when punk bands went metal, it really bothered me.… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
I'm not an '80s fan. I'm more '70s New York pre-punk kind of thing and I guess I grew up with '90s… — Jessica Pare Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Too pop for punk, too 'old school' for the New Wave, Mumps were a '70s era New York rock band, out of… — Lance Loud Copy Share Image
I don't get why people get involved and start picking sides in something that doesn't involve them to begin with. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers. — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
