Punk Quotes · Page 9

(Punk rock is) lunging after some glimpse of a new and better world.

— Lester Bangs

Teachers didn't like me very much. They thought I was just this punk kid and they always wanted to kick me out.

— Clea DuVall

I started an all-girl punk band when I was 14, and I was the drummer, not the singer.

— Bjork

In my mind I still qualify as punk, though I know four out of five punks would disagree.

— John K. Samson

I like the authentic punk dance you did there. It's like a child dizzy off lemonade

— Russell Howard

Punk rock is being honest, believing in yourself and doing what you gotta do. That's all.

— Marky Ramone

I have an aversion to taking care of my gear, a wayward manifestation of my punk ethos.

— Lou Barlow

From what I've read, CM Punk is like a sponge when it comes to training.

— Bill Goldberg

Champagne Jerry records are definitely, in one way, on the very far end of the weird spectrum of rap music, then, in…

— Ad-Rock

From the age of 14 onwards it was really punk rock, The Clash particularly. I think I learnt more from them than…

— Paul Kaye

I like to wear a "Do Not Disturb" sign around my neck so that little kids can't tell me knock-knock jokes. "Hey,…

— Mitch Hedberg

People define themselves to some degree by the music that they listened to as teens. My mom had Elvis. Me, I had…

— Jennifer Egan

I've always worn jewellery but for a time it went out of fashion. Like grungy and punk bands didn't wear jewellery because…

— Tom Jones

I look at some of my fans at my show, and a lot of them look like they're straight out of a…

— Freddie Gibbs

One thing that really attracted me to punk was the DIY aspect. And the fact that, since I was a nerd, I…

— Milo Aukerman

My Nirvana experience was much different than the other three guys. For me, it was really new and exciting. I was just…

— Pat Smear

I think we're at the end of all the revivals. People would forget about punk for a while, and then a magazine…

— Hiroshi Fujiwara

“If the early English and LA punk bands shared a common sound, the New York bands just shared the same clubs. As…

— Clinton Heylin

“A kiss, then Brady said, “Hey, sweetheart.” As he pulled away, I turned, grinning ear to ear. “Hey, Brady—” I halted when…

— Katey Hawthorne

I just try not to subscribe to the ways of celebrity. I'm not a celebrity, I'm a working actor. A lot of…

— Milo Ventimiglia

To make a live record - something that has a lot of life in it - is difficult. After slaving away for…

— John Vanderslice

Punk, and rock in general, is often very myopic. When people sing about "the world," they're generally focused almost entirely on the…

— G.W. Sok

From what I see, nowadays punk and anarchy are still connected with "fast loud music by smelly drunk chaos-people" and, yes, I…

— G.W. Sok

While the behavior of the Russian government, Putin and Putin punks are abhorrent, nothing will be changed by boycotting the Sochi Winter…

— David Mixner

I can't live in a world of dullards. So I think on that level, I'm definitely punk.

— Toyah Willcox

The thread of culture that runs through the entire history of punk is also a dedication to challenging the authoritarian.

— Greg Graffin

People would be surprised at how much of an electronic dude I am, and I like new wave, post-punk and proto-punk stuff.

— Joe Trohman

My aim was to dismantle this false history that men created punk, because they didn't. And they were certainly never the best…

— Hunx

I have a karaoke punk band called The Ungrateful Dead, but we don't exist yet.

— Eric Andre

By the '80s, anything to do with punk was perceived as rancid. Me being known as the 'punk poet' meant my work…

— John Cooper Clarke

As a kid I was super into all kinds of pop. It wasn't until I became a teenager that I moved more…

— MO

Punk rock has become another viable art form. It always was. But now it's like everyone's doing it.

— Tre Cool

When someone asks you, 'What's punk?' my reply is, 'If you have to ask, you're never going to know.'

— Henry Rollins

The American underground punk scene, though, is a story worth remembering.

— Ian MacKaye

I kind of got into music in middle school, although at the time I didn't know it as punk music so much…

— Chris McCaughan

Back in 1981, the chances of a punk-rock girl band from L.A. doing what we did was completely nil.

— Charlotte Caffey

I actually think that Republican administrations are better for music. The Reagan era was such a great era for punk and indie…

— Carrie Brownstein

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

— Malcolm Mclaren

I absolutely wasn't going to write a book if it was just going to be about punk.

— Viv Albertine

That's what real punk is about - doing it yourself and building a community where people share ideas and share creativity.

— Ad-Rock