Punk Quotes · Page 13

I had this bad-boy-from-New York vibe going, dressed like a punk rocker with spiky hair.

— Robert Downey, Jr

I never thought of Green Day as a punk band. Just bubblegum, really.

— John Lydon

I think 'punk' should really be defined as paving your own way creatively and by defying any sort of orthodoxy or commercial…

— Shepard Fairey

Punk [rock] seemed like rock 'n' roll music utterly without the music.

— Steve Winwood

Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it.

— Jello Biafra

I encourage you to find your punk-rock, your lucha-libre, your pro-wrestling

— Amy Dumas

I wanted to be in a punk band before I had even heard any punk music.

— Kurt Cobain

In the '90s, people wore scrunchies, but it was very uncool in the punk scene.

— Kathleen Hanna

I don't know anything about CM Punk. I'd never even heard of him until he was mentioned in UFC. I wouldn't know…

— Jimi Manuwa

If I do a certain number of ads, I have to do a personal project in between, just for my own sanity.…

— Aaron Ruell

All those years we'd spent learning these chops, and all those gigs in Germany where you'd play all night, and along comes…

— Nick Lowe

There is a community in hip-hop. It doesn't seem like that anywhere else, except maybe in punk rock. But punk rock is…

— Ad-Rock

One overlooked great 1980s rock n' roll band, maybe punk rock - they were on SST Records, same label as Black Flag…

— Beto O'Rourke

After 'Punk'd,' my company Katalyst did a deal with AOL to produce short-form content for the Web. At that time it was…

— Ashton Kutcher

I'm just starting to scratch the surface of what really makes me happy and it's taken me a while to admit that…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

So if the punks come here, they’re going to dance with the devil and get the short end of the horn. (Zarek)…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

I have a theory that musicians recognize each other and if they are destined to collaborate together they will. Mainly, they recognize…

— Vlatko Stefanovski

We are living in a world in which we don't give the young enough reason to live. The temper and the lyrics…

— John Updike

A crook is a crook, and there's something healthy about his frankness in the matter. But any guy who pretends he is…

— Al Capone

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

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

I shouldn't have to play live just because I've made a record. I get lots of letters 'cos I'm not into the…

— Gary Numan

“Vladimir stood next to one of the beams on the back porch of our new home, leaning on his back. He reached…

— Nina Jean Slack

In San Francisco, most of the older activists, especially at Berkeley, were very hostile towards punks. The music, certainly, wasn't nice and…

— Jello Biafra

I love the spirit of early pop punk and we incorporated that into our earlier albums.

— Luke Hemmings

I was always into punk, ever since I was 13, but I was into other stuff, too - like, well, the Spice…

— Alice Dellal

My son has followed fashion since he was a punk. He and I agree that fashion is about sex.

— Vivienne Westwood

Fighting CM Punk was never the goal for me. He wasn't there when I first got to AEW.

— Eddie Kingston

Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what…

— Malcolm Mclaren

My whole back's tattooed. I just wanted a twist. I was always in punk bands when I was little I think that's…

— Gary Allan

Punk will never be dead to me. It's my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

The CM Punk is No. 1 in the world, bubba. He work hard. He love the wrestling business.

— The Iron Sheik

'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.

— Patrick Stump

“Punk is an attitude. Hardcore is a lifestyle. the first seeks to subvert society. The second aims to live outside of it.”

— Everett True

I love country music, blues, and punk, and one day I might make those kinds of records.

— Kesha

My haters are laughable punks, my supporters the greatest people that ever lived.

— Ted Nugent

The first music I heard that made me put away my comic books and make music was original punk.

— Mark Lanegan

Especially being a punk and all that, I love my look and I don't care if someone doesn't like it.

— Rhea Ripley

In Canada, we didn't really pay attention to American hardcore outside of maybe Minor Threat. It was all about British punk.

— Gavin McInnes

Soccer is like punk rock: The product is not necessarily terrible. The problem is the fan base.

— Chuck Klosterman