Punk Quotes · Page 17

The problem is we moved to LA... The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican.

— Trey Parker

Punk became a circus didn't it? Everybody got it wrong. The message was supposed to be: Don't follow us, do what you…

— John Lydon

I can't sing that well, but when punk-rock came along, it changed all that.

— Jim Carroll

I tried to play bass in a punk band once, and it was an absolute disaster. I can’t play anything. I don’t…

— Nate Ruess

If it was the '70s, I'd be a punk artist. I was just born into hip-hop.

— Yung Lean

I would say there's a lot of similarity between folk and punk. It's written for the common man.

— Greg Graffin

I think people are too hard on the Pistols. The Pistols started the whole punk thing and never saw much money.

— Gavin Rossdale

A lot of people don't know that the Go-Go's came from the L.A. punk scene.

— Belinda Carlisle

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

I started going to Madame Louise's, the lesbian club where all the punk bands used to go - the Sex Pistols, the…

— Boy George

I was very confused in the beginning about my red carpet appearances and wanted to try every look, be it grungy, girly,…

— Jacqueline Fernandez

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

There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

I hate it when people say I'm not a true punk. I don't go around calling myself punk; I never have. That's…

— Avril Lavigne

“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

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

We were a small group of weirdos and baby punks and gays and free spirits who had to use our imaginations a…

— Beth Ditto

There were just moments of the punk scene and I realized that I had to capture it. There was also this photographer…

— Jeff Vespa

I was not a popular girl, so being able to create punk who didn't have to be beautiful in the mainstream way…

— Alice Bag

In the beginning, the punk scene was so full of promise. All the bands were different, and all the sounds were different.…

— David Vanian

The Rolling Stones are truly the greatest rock and roll band in the world and always will be. The last too. Everything…

— Bob Dylan

I've played death metal, punk rock, hardcore, funk... I've done it all. And all there really is music and at the end…

— Cristian Machado

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

When I was nine years old, I started playing guitar, and I took classical guitar lessons and studied music theory. And played…

— Moby

I was not a fan of the Clash or, for that matter, any other punk band that existed.

— Glyn Johns

I got all A's and was hated for it; I spoke correctly and was called a punk.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I've been a fan of Bad Brains ever since I can remember. They are iconic pioneers of punk, not just the music…

— Shavo Odadjian

We like to combine genres. Theo grew up listening to punk, and I love Christina Aguilera.

— Sasha Spielberg

I'm not anti-fashion, but I've always had a bit of a punk attitude. That's important, I think. I do my own thing.

— Sade Adu

You might not think that, because I have so many of them, but I'm an absolute punk when it comes to tattoos.

— Paul Wall

I was originally like a punker, know what I mean, like the punks are today, I'd spit in a minute.

— Etta James

The whole point of the punk-rock thing was that "We're not special. We just have a voice."

— Michael Stipe

“To feeling no shame in fear, no doubt in survival, and no silence in anger.”

— Cristy C. Road

Music never leaves you alone, and punk rock will always be there when nothing else will,

— Pete Wentz

The last true punk band to get a major label contract was The Dickies.

— Jello Biafra

I was always taught by punk to think for yourself and to question authority. That's what I've always tried to do.

— Laura Jane Grace

All you care about is how punk rock you feel when you wake up in the morning.

— Lady Gaga

Being a guy with tattoos, 38 years old and thought of as a punk rocker, to end up on Nickelodeon is kind…

— Steve Harwell

I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world.

— Caitlin Moran

We don't feel like we changed from rave, because we were never rave, to punk, because we're not punk.

— Keith Flint