We need punk now; we need it more than ever. We need rebellion by youth. — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
Punk was never about one particular clean-cut imagery... it's about many, many individuals coming very loosely together. — John Lydon Copy Share Image
Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
I just did what I loved - flowers and rock n' roll. Pretty and punk. I was largely inspired by my dancing… — Betsey Johnson Copy Share Image
Bow Wow Wow were one of the few punk bands who weren't afraid to embrace pop. — Gavin McInnes Copy Share Image
I can play punk rock, and I love playing punk rock, but I was into every other style of music before I… — Travis Barker Copy Share Image
“You already been a punk. Least you can do is go out like a man." Then a dull popping sound and a… — George P. Pelecanos Copy Share Image
I was trained as an actress. But I wasn't a very convincing actress, so I started doing punk poetry and then fell… — Jenny Eclair Copy Share Image
Is punk rock really music, or is it really just an attitude? I get into that discussion with people all of the… — Tim Commerford Copy Share Image
Punk gave you a kind of chutzpah, so even trying to be a writer, I just thought, 'Well, I'm going to send… — Ian Rankin 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
TALLAHASSEE LASSIE was a record I wrote with my mom. A number of other famous groups have also recorded it such as… — Freddy Cannon Copy Share Image
I've only ever been in bands where I can be the punk rock guitar player in the band because that's all I… — Pat Smear Copy Share Image
There are all the offsprings of people who are influenced by punk. It sounds completely different - but it's still rock 'n'… — El-P Copy Share Image
The punk era, at its best, celebrated questioning the norm and the promotion of originality. Both concepts have always resonated with me. — Prabal Gurung Copy Share Image
A young woman is dead. I don’t care. You probably don’t care. The police don’t care. The papers don’t care. The punks… — Lester Bangs Copy Share Image
I can say is our point of reference - and I think that does make us different from some bands and similar… — Theresa Wayman Copy Share Image
When the 'godfather of punk' thing started floatin' around, it was, I was really, really embarrassed. I thought I should have a… — Iggy Pop Copy Share Image
I've always thought that "punk" wasn't really a genre. My band started in Olympia where K Records was and K Records put… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
In high school I was good at math and everybody wanted me to do something with that - mathematics or engineering -… — Laura Owens Copy Share Image
When I do a record, it sounds more punk and raw. Or it will sound louder, or it will sound more shocking.… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
We've played with Black Flag, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, The Ramones. You name any punk band and we've probably played or toured… — Reed Mullin Copy Share Image
The jamaat was an almost silly mish-mash of people: Rude Dawud’s pork-pie hat poking up here, a jalab-and-turban there, Jehangir’s big Mohawk… — Michael Muhammad Knight 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
Punk is the voice that shouts the loudest from the silence of inertia. — Toyah Willcox Copy Share Image
I don't think the Ramones knew they were inventing punk. They were trying to be rockabilly. — Gavin McInnes Copy Share Image
I was in a little punk band and we put out a few punk records that weren't very political, at all. — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
To me, the punk rock kids I grew up with were really, really smart, and to me, respecting those kids was a… — Matthew Lillard Copy Share Image
This isn't CM Punk talking to Triple H, this is Phil Brooks talking to Paul Levesque — CM Punk Copy Share Image
Hot funk, cold punk, even if it's old junk, it's still rock and roll to me. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
When the punk rock thing happened, I thought, 'Right, I have one chance here to be seen as part of some wider… — John Cooper Clarke Copy Share Image
1991 for some people was a significant year in terms of punk rock. It was the year "punk broke". — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
My father, my first coach, would never let me punk out if I was capable of helping the team. — Iman Shumpert Copy Share Image
I just remember being in love with 'Busted' and pop punk and all the pop that my sisters were listening to and… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
Before I even started listening to rap music, I was really into metal and punk. — Machine Gun Kelly Copy Share Image
I enjoy everything. I actually do listen to everything. In high school, I listened to a lot of metal and punk rock. — Tim Schafer Copy Share Image
Even when I was a little punk kid, I would fight anybody - it didn't matter. That's who I've been my whole… — Donald Cerrone Copy Share Image
It's weird for me to try and write punk songs - I'm almost scared of it. — Gary Jarman Copy Share Image
Punk is the way of those who are unable to express themselves, but they aren't dangerous; at worst, they may kill their… — Mike Oldfield Copy Share Image
