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
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 listened to classic rock and roll, and punk rock. 'Goon Squad' provides a pretty accurate playlist of my teenage years, though… — Jennifer Egan 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
I need punk rock. It's the medicine for me, but it's bitter and sickening. If you don't need it - if you're… — Bradford Cox 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
The Ruts were a great punk rock band from England whose songs were as excellent as their time together was short. — Henry Rollins 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
Well I listened to mostly rock music, and I felt like hip hop was like an extension of rock music when it… — Rick Rubin Copy Share Image
“I've always been spiritual but I've never had a proper context, and it took me a while to find the proper context.… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
Look at me... look at me... I need the attention, oooh I'm punk rock I got some tattoos, I got some piercings.… — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
I don't blame the average seventeen-year-old punk-rock kid for calling me a sellout. I understand that. And maybe when they grow up… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I fetishised New York City. It was the land of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, it… — Moby Copy Share Image
I had to get a driver's license and drive to St. Louis to find the punk-rock scene that was happening there. And… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
I am genuinely into soul, R&B and hip hop - all these genres that get slapped under the 'soul' genre. That spoke… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
I think I've become more relaxed throughout my career. I don't feel the need to jump up and down and make a… — Nicolas Cage 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
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
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
I came up playing in both punk rock bands and hip-hop bands, and I found a more universal way of reaching people,… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
“I put on some make-up, turn on the 8-track, and I'm pulling the wig down from the shelf - suddenly I'm Miss… — John Cameron Mitchell 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
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
One thing that got me started on it was the jean jacket. It's an item that could make you believe you're in… — Drew Barrymore 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
Hip-hop and R&B is mostly what I listen to. I don't have a connection with punk rock - I just never had… — Cat Power 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
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 like a lot of the older country stuff. Shoot. We actually do really good in punk rock clubs. I don't really… — Ryan Bingham 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
Caitlin Cary and I were always talking about X when we talked about whiskeytown, before it became an actual band. We like… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
In between 15 and 20 - probably at around 17 - my interests switched from hard rock to punk rock. And then… — Rick Rubin Copy Share Image
When I joined, they were like "Woah, dude!", because I came right out of that type of playing. But obviously with P.… — Tony Palermo 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
We weren't straight-A students. We didn't start playing until we were teenagers, and we started playing rock and roll and punk rock… — Ketch Secor Copy Share Image
DEVO was like the punk band that non Punk America saw as Punk and so when people who were really into Punk… — Thurston Moore Copy Share Image
I am concerned about the environment. I love to wear black. I think government is best when it stays out of people's… — Meghan McCain Copy Share Image
My Nirvana experience was much different than the other three guys. For me, it was really new and exciting. I was just… — Pat Smear Copy Share Image
