“The two most obvious English mutations to have occurred in America in the last decade go by the names "punk" and "skinhead.” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Come swish around, my pretty punk, And keep me dancing still That I may stay a sober man Although I drink my… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Claire signed. "Go ahead. And thanks. Oh, and be careful?" "Please. I am the queen of careful. Also, princess of punk fabulousness." — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
Punk and all that was just an image that ripped people off. Johnny Rotten's a wanker, and that's all there is to… — Brian Johnson Copy Share Image
I'm 36, but I still feel like a punk kid with $200 in my savings account. — Steve Aoki Copy Share Image
“I had choosen the path of the black sheep rather than that of the unicorns and puppies.” — Magenta Periwinkle Copy Share Image
Before I knew what hip-hop was, I listened to rock, metal, punk, reggae and old soul. I loved Black Sabbath. — B-Real Copy Share Image
Punk is all about doing what you want and being yourself. And that's what rap is too. — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
We never set out to be this punk rock band that's going to stay small and tour in a van forever. We… — Ryan Ross Copy Share Image
I created Punk for this day and age. Do you see Britney walking around wearing ties and singing punk? Hell no. That's… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
I've pinched things from people I look up to, of course, like Roddy Piper, and CM Punk, and Terry Funk, those guys… — Marty Scurll Copy Share Image
I was this Catholic kid, and I never really lost that. I loved the rituals of Catholicism. The mass is a magic… — Jim Carroll Copy Share Image
It's a real smug self-righteous punk kid saying nobody has the right to tell him what to do and how dare you… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
You can't really come into a concept record objectively, because you immediately associate it with Yes, stuff from the 1970s that punk… — Colin Meloy Copy Share Image
Lou's such an old punk he was around when the Ramones were junkie hustlers first and musicians second, when punk meant something… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
Every place has its own punk flavor, but they all borrowed ideas from SoCal. It's still a vibrant scene creeping into every… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I've been on the edge of everything, like one of those characters at the side of a Brueghel painting with a warty… — Keith Allen Copy Share Image
I can't find anything wrong with Ashton Kutcher. I think he's great. It's odd that in America there's a very mixed reaction… — Nigel Cole Copy Share Image
If post-punk enterprise suggested that pop music could establish a fierce skittishness, an aggressive self-irony, that would enable it to transcend its… — Paul Morley Copy Share Image
I think growing up in the States and Australia, we were exposed to a lot of different types of things. I used… — Daniel Wu Copy Share Image
I started playing guitar when I was in eighth grade, and that led to trying to write songs and trying to figure… — Chris McCaughan Copy Share Image
“No one wants to die or even plans to die, at least not when you are young and living life on top… — Sofea Shah Copy Share Image
When I was young I wanted to make films and then I got into folk music when I was about 12, and… — Finn Andrews Copy Share Image
It's hard to explain what happens when jazz and punk fuse with a violin twist but it works. Probably because Anson Choi… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I enjoy punk, the attitude as well as the music, but I don't feel like I have to be a carbon copy… — Hayley Williams 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
The first Decline I did was out of sheer love and appreciation for the music. In 1977, it was more about bands,… — Penelope Spheeris Copy Share Image
I've always liked Iggy. He did an album, 'New Values,' in the punk days that I played to death. When you see… — Paul Young Copy Share Image
Playing in London in 1979 was exciting: it was at the start of new wave, the transition period after punk, and there… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a garbage can and say 'That's punk!'. So… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
I'm not an anarchist any more. I still love the Sex Pistols, but I don't want to be a punk rocker all… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
For my group of friends is Lady Gaga eye-opening? No. She's a less dangerous version of what was so cool about pop… — Beth Ditto 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 first started playing metal, lyrically, I sort of related a little bit more to the punk and hardcore scenes, where… — Alissa White-Gluz Copy Share Image
I never wanted to go back and relive the glory days; I just want to keep moving forward. That's what I took… — Paul Simonon Copy Share Image
Ideologically, the pursuit of science is not that different from the ideology that goes into punk rock. The idea of challenging authority… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
There are aspects of Asian culture in my work, but it's really rooted in an American experience - transcendentalism, '60s counterculture, punk… — Fred Tomaselli Copy Share Image
When we came along in 1982, music was getting boring - like 1976 when punk hadn't happened. We wanted to be rock… — Shaun Ryder Copy Share Image
I don't listen to punk any more, unless it's right before I play. Not that I don't like it, it's nostalgic. But,… — Tom DeLonge Copy Share Image
Never did much art till I was in my 30s, except for painting video sets, designing record covers and T-shirts, and making… — Hunx Copy Share Image
![“When I was young I wanted to make films and then I got into folk music when I was about 12, and started going to this folk club in Auckland. My dad [Barry Andrews] was in punk and post-punk bands, so I guess it was a side of music I hadn't really listened to before - the really narrative form of…” quote by Finn Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/finn-andrews-55992_andrew_when-i-was-young-i-wanted-to-make-films_240740.jpg)
