I was the only real punk rock kid in my school, with, like, the plaid pants and the Rancid t-shirt. — Blackbear Copy Share Image
Back in 1981, the chances of a punk-rock girl band from L.A. doing what we did was completely nil. — Charlotte Caffey Copy Share Image
Punk rock is being honest, believing in yourself and doing what you gotta do. That's all. — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
Punk rock has become another viable art form. It always was. But now it's like everyone's doing it. — Tre Cool Copy Share Image
Ziggy Stardust, the Village People, and punk rock really shaped who I am as a person and as a gay man. — Boy George Copy Share Image
You don't need to be talented. You don't even have to play the guitar to be a guitar player in a punk-rock… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
Punk rock and straight edge will always be married together. As far as me integrating that with wrestling, I learned a lot… — CM Punk Copy Share Image
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
From the age of 14 onwards it was really punk rock, The Clash particularly. I think I learnt more from them than… — Paul Kaye Copy Share Image
Punk rock isn't supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
All of the punk-rock bands of the era would come in and play, and my job on Punk Rock Night was that… — William Forsythe Copy Share Image
I went to art school and never thought I'd be a musician, but then punk rock came along in the late 70s… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
I saw the movie Sid & Nancy. It was a pretty good movie. It didn't really make me a punk rock fan.… — George Thorogood Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'm not even really quite sure why I do what I do - do I do it because I like to… — Sharon Needles Copy Share Image
By the time I was 18, I had absorbed punk rock from America, Britain, and the West Coast. All of it was… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
I'd always wanted to make a record with Jim Dickinson, and I'd known about his boys for years, ... He reminded me… — John Hiatt Copy Share Image
When I was nine years old, I started playing guitar, and I took classical guitar lessons and studied music theory. And played… — Moby Copy Share Image
I've played death metal, punk rock, hardcore, funk... I've done it all. And all there really is music and at the end… — Cristian Machado Copy Share Image
There's comedians who I consider extremely punk rock who I've seen do very political stand up in places where nobody wants to… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
People define themselves to some degree by the music that they listened to as teens. My mom had Elvis. Me, I had… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
I think that clearly it has an influence, to be coming of age during the punk rock era, to come from a… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
“My interest in comics was scribbled over with a revived, energized passion for clothes, records, and music. I'd wandered in late to… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
“We agreed that at least to some extent the whole punk movement is based on the Buddha's 1st noble truth of suffering… — Noah Levine Copy Share Image
It seems that the Internet is setting the standard for almost everything. I can't imagine having something like punk rock happen where… — Memory Tapes Copy Share Image
“You know how they say Black Flag got in a van, and they brought punk rock to the world? The Strokes got… — Lizzy Goodman Copy Share Image
When I was growing up I never babysat. I was considered to 'punk rock' to be trusted with kids. — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
If I opened a record store, it wouldn't be all punk rock and esoterica. — James Murphy Copy Share Image
The popularity of punk rock was, in effect, due to the fact that it made ugliness beautiful. — Malcolm Mclaren Copy Share Image
“Art is sacred. Punk rock is freedom. Expression and right to express is vital. Anyone can be artistic.” — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
I had a big time punk-rock phase and psychobilly phase. I used to go mad for the Guana Batz. — Imelda May Copy Share Image
I think punk rock, especially for me, was a big middle finger to this whole talent thing. — Mike Watt Copy Share Image
All you care about is how punk rock you feel when you wake up in the morning. — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
Music never leaves you alone, and punk rock will always be there when nothing else will, — Pete Wentz Copy Share Image
The whole point of the punk-rock thing was that "We're not special. We just have a voice." — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
The problem is we moved to LA... The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican. — Trey Parker Copy Share Image
