Punk rock Quotes

“This is a night of your life. Live it accordingly.”

— Charles Romalotti

This is Manchester, we do things differently here

— Tony Wilson

Donald Trump is going to make punk rock great again.

— Amanda Palmer

Punk rock is just another word for freedom.

— Patti Smith

AC/DC 'Back in Black' - Those were my punk rock days.

— Pepa

I think punk rock needs an 'Amadeus.'

— John Ross Bowie

I love punk rock, but I also love metal.

— Penelope Spheeris

I was a nerdy punk-rock kid.

— Mike D

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

— Tre Cool

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

— Marky Ramone

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

— Lester Bangs

I love rap, and I love the angst of hardcore music and punk rock.

— Sonny Sandoval

“Art is sacred. Punk rock is freedom. Expression and right to express is vital. Anyone can be artistic.”

— Kurt Cobain

The popularity of punk rock was, in effect, due to the fact that it made ugliness beautiful.

— Malcolm Mclaren

Ziggy Stardust, the Village People, and punk rock really shaped who I am as a person and as a gay man.

— Boy George

When I was growing up I never babysat. I was considered to 'punk rock' to be trusted with kids.

— Angelina Jolie

“The most punk-rock thing you can do in L.A. is to say ‘George Bush is fucking awesome’ instead of talking about how…

— Trey Parker

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

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

— MO

Once I got into punk rock, I started mail-ordering albums, because a lot of the record stores in my area didn't carry…

— Dave Grohl

“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

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

“Hardcore without punk isn't music, it's a genre of porn. And punk isn't a genre of music, it’s a thought process.”

— Dominic Owen Mallary

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

Elvis Presley was rock 'n' roll, I thought that was pretty mediocre. But since that time, the succeeding steps in music has…

— Frank Sinatra Jr

When I started, I was 18 and really into punk rock and just wanted the action. Over the years, I've gravitated towards…

— Taylor Steele

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

The whole idea of punk rock is that you're dressing yourself in a crazy leather jacket with safety pins and a Mohawk.…

— Michael Ian Black

One minute I'm the punk rock tattooed guy who had 'Walkin' on the Sun' and all these other songs , and then…

— Steve Harwell

When I was a teenager, science meshed with my developing ideals - such as the challenge to authority that was central to…

— Greg Graffin

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

Me personally, I side more with punk rock bands. I grew up with The Misfits, The Dead Boys, The Damned, Dropkick Murphys,…

— Andy Biersack

“Prizing elegance, sweet emotions, and fantasy more than morals and truth; wallowing in fleeting romance rather than trying to give meaning to…

— novala takemoto

Punk rock was the first thing I found in my life that made me feel acceptable. The thing that got me into…

— John Porcellino

“Blue jeans, white shirt Walked into the room you know you made my eyes burn It was like, James Dean, for sure…

— Lana Del Rey

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

— Clinton Heylin

“An essential difference between British and American punk bands can be found in their respective views of rock & roll history. The…

— Clinton Heylin

“Another fact involves Iron Maiden’s self title album which introduced the new image of Maiden’s old mascot Eddie the ’ed to the…

— Javier Medina

“Nico looked very tall and thin wearing a opaque black sweatshirt hoodie and dark inked skinny jeans. His outer physical structure was…

— Keira D. Skye

“A group of giant insectoid creatures floated to the area near the stage. One of them spoke in a series of clicks…

— David Agranoff