You can't really come into a concept record objectively, because you immediately associate it with Yes, stuff from the 1970s that punk… — Colin Meloy Copy Share Image
We never set out to be this punk rock band that's going to stay small and tour in a van forever. We… — Ryan Ross Copy Share Image
“We both young what made you grow younger." "The music?" He nodded and whispered. "You don't have to go back to being… — David Agranoff Copy Share Image
As a kid I was super into all kinds of pop. It wasn't until I became a teenager that I moved more… — MO Copy Share Image
For us, punk rock and even hardcore music was something we did because we didn't fit in in high school. We had… — Chad Gilbert Copy Share Image
Stray thought for the day: Putting boundaries on how punk should sound/look is the least punk rock thing one can do. Be… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
One overlooked great 1980s rock n' roll band, maybe punk rock - they were on SST Records, same label as Black Flag… — Beto O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Punk was key to the early part of me playing guitar. I was really into melodic punk-rock. I related to punk more… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
'Waking the Fallen' truly encompasses everything that Avenged Sevenfold was at that time. It was us being fearless, us showing our roots… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
Woody Weatherman showed me two beats, the "do do dat, do do dat" rock beat and the "ooh at ooh at ooh… — Reed Mullin Copy Share Image
I was listening to punk rock in the '70s as a young kid, but all by myself; I never met anyone that… — Mark Lanegan Copy Share Image
I don't need to convince men that feminism is important, that just isn't a goal of mine. I can't even have that… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
The first time that I came to New York to work properly was the mid-'80s, but I was doing eight shows a… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
“Here is how the harmful becomes profitable: That which yesterday was reviled today ends up in Urban Outfitters. The critic Rebecca Solnit… — Josh Kun Copy Share Image
Barry White, Smokey Robinson and Curtis Mayfield are big influences for me. But I'm also a metal head. I was in a… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I had been listening to Jackson Browne, The Eagles, and Linda Ronstadt. Ramones was not my kind of music. Now, I'm a… — P. J. Soles Copy Share Image
I hated old people as a young kid who thought he knew anything about punk rock. I just thought old people sucked… — Anthony Green 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
In the 1970s, we had Carl Sagan, and he was so suave with his turtleneck and his tweed jacket. And he was,… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I was pretty much into punk rock and that's all I cared about. I was into Green Day and the Ramones. I… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I don't have any phobias with any language, and I've grown up listening to Anglo-American rock n roll as well as Welsh-language… — Gruff Rhys Copy Share Image
I certainly didn't want to be in a punk rock band, because I had already been in a punk rock band. I… — Jeff Ament Copy Share Image
Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty… — Al Jourgensen Copy Share Image
Triple 6 Mafia and Mystikal in Atlanta was one of my first shows. I remember how sweaty and smashed up everybody was,… — Yelawolf Copy Share Image
Punk rock and metal has always been a home to me, it's where I cut my teeth; and those are the friends… — John Dyer Baizley Copy Share Image
I dropped out of high school and I couldn't go to college 'cause I wasn't smart enough, so I'd resigned myself to… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
“Ed Friedman: [talking about Patti Smith] One time she told me, "Allen Ginsberg thought I was a cute boy and he tried… — Gillian McCain Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
Emo: e-mo 1. A much-maligned, mocked, and misunderstood term for melodic, expressive, and confessional punk rock. — Andy Greenwald Copy Share Image
There's not much music I'll listen to if it doesn't have pretty heavy swing. Rhythm is so important. Punk rock would have… — Greg Ginn Copy Share Image
Style has always been very important to us. We grew up in the '70s. Music was glam rock, punk rock and a… — Nick Rhodes Copy Share Image
Looking back on the production of 'Nevermind,' I'm embarrassed by it now. It's closer to a Motley Crue record than it is… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
Punk rock, to me, was always outsiderness. When I first saw large-group-scene punk rock, I was repelled by it, because there were… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
I played in a punk rock band in high school called the High Heel Flip Flops. I was the drummer. I played… — Thomas Rhett Copy Share Image
To me, I think of the '70s as being this glorious decade where I discovered who I was and discovered all these… — Boy George 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
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
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
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
“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