“Art is sacred. Punk rock is freedom. Expression and right to express is vital. Anyone can be artistic.” — Kurt Cobain 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
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
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
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
Punk rock is being honest, believing in yourself and doing what you gotta do. That's all. — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
My mom was in a punk rock band called The Trash Women, and they toured and all of that. She had me… — Kreayshawn Copy Share Image
Punk rock wasn't a career choice. It was a hobby that we did for fun. We never thought we'd get as big… — Dexter Holland Copy Share Image
I was in punk rock bands, heavy metal bands, world music bands, jazz groups, any type of music that would take me.… — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
I went to theater school at Northwestern, and I was quite conservative. Reagan at the time seemed quite revolutionary, or at least… — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
I love dancing, but I'm not that good of a singer. I sang in punk rock bands in high school and college… — Brian Dietzen Copy Share Image
Punk rock meditation, that's what keeps it going. That's how I let go, you know. It's exactly what I do, I blast… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I really liked punk rock. I liked the sort of people that played really powerful music that… — Doug Martsch Copy Share Image
There are always young bands playing in their garages. A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream.… — Billie Joe Armstrong 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
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
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
'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
I heard Skip James, and it pierced me. It felt like punk rock to me, real and raw. It was just one… — Fantastic Negrito Copy Share Image
My attraction to the Church of Satan... is the same thing that initially attracted me to punk rock. It was something that… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
Punk rock was the first thing I found in my life that made me feel acceptable. The thing that got me into… — John Porcellino Copy Share Image
The music industry went through such a strange stretch in 1977, especially in this country, with the whole punk rock thing coming… — Steve Winwood Copy Share Image
“The ideological blackmail that has been in place since the original Live Aid concerts in 1985 has insisted that ‘caring individuals’ could… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
The whole point was just to be yourself, no matter what that was. You didn't have to fit into a certain punk-rock… — John Porcellino Copy Share Image
“When I was thirteen I spent a lot of time pretending to like dance music because everyone at my school seemed to… — Alexa Chung Copy Share Image
It’s a similar feeling from being in a community of punk rockers as a teenager and the feeling I still get today… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
“I'm more of a warrior than you'll ever be. I believe in the class war. I believe in the battle of the… — Irvine Welsh 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
