I love it at our shows when there's the big, tough, punk guys standing next to the weird teenagers and the gay… — Hunx Copy Share Image
If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that's because that's where… — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
Some bands sound like one song the whole album through. We've been all over the place because we are punk, hardcore, rock… — Sonny Sandoval Copy Share Image
“[Smiley contemplates graffiti:]'Punk is destructive. Society does not need it.' The assertion caused him a moment's indecision. 'Oh, but society does,' he… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
I'd always wanted to make a record with Jim Dickinson, and I'd known about his boys for years, ... He reminded me… — John Hiatt Copy Share Image
People are complex. You can be smart and still look hot. You can be a punk rocker yet have a refined vocabulary.… — Nadia Giosia Copy Share Image
I mean, truly, in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, and if you can't spot that CM Punk… — Paul Heyman Copy Share Image
The Knack were a very, very powerful band, and you got to understand, when they came in, all the punk stuff was… — Jon Taffer Copy Share Image
I would be doomed if I didn't invent humor in my life. When I was young, I had all these punk and… — Nils Frahm Copy Share Image
I was born in San Francisco. I was raised in Oakland, so I'm, like, super Bay Area born, and, you know, it's… — Kreayshawn Copy Share Image
“You know what punk is? a bunch of no-talent guys who really, really want to be in a band. Nobody reads music,… — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
London has become really boring. I mean, years ago, London was really happening - there was swinging London and then punk. It… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
People ask me: ‘What is punk? How do you define punk?' Here's how I define punk: It's a free space. It could… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
Disco satisfied social as well as musical needs. Disco people got to dress up all the time and go to places ...… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
If someone says 'grunge' or 'punk,' you know what the sound is, but if you say 'No Wave,' it's kind of mysterious.… — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My favorite Shrapnel show happened one cold Christmas night when I was 16. It was a midnight show. Now if going to… — Alisyn Camerota Copy Share Image
Punk. . .was more a kind of do-it-yourself, anyone-can-do-it attitude. If you only played two notes on the guitar, you could figure… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I've always said that punk is a time and money thing. You can only be punk if you're poor and you're young.… — Sharon Needles Copy Share Image
By the time I was 18, I had absorbed punk rock from America, Britain, and the West Coast. All of it was… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
In the early '70s, coming out of the '60s, it was very hippy or it was very uniform, like The Beatles all… — John Varvatos Copy Share Image
It's a dying art to play live anymore and just play raw. Who cares if you make a mistake? That's punk rock.… — Sonny Sandoval Copy Share Image
I made a record in 1996 called 'Animal Rights' that was a very difficult, very dark punk-rock record. Of all the records… — Moby Copy Share Image
I was so upset with what was going on in the world. I just couldn't stand the idea of being people tortured… — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
The punk rockers said, 'Learn three chords and form a band.' And we thought, 'Why learn any chords?' We wanted to make… — Genesis P-Orridge Copy Share Image
I was just a music lover who wondered what it would sound like if Otis Redding strapped on a guitar and played… — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
When punk came along, I found my generation's music. I grew up listening to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Pink… — Robert Smith Copy Share Image
Starting out really punk came from not knowing any better and listening to music like that, not knowing how to play music… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
My off-camera friendship with Brock Lesnar has always been different than my off-camera friendship with CM Punk. But I could not tell… — Paul Heyman Copy Share Image
People always had something to say about the fact I was odd looking, bigger than other people, that I was awkward. When… — Alison Moyet Copy Share Image
I've always talked a lot on stage - I really wanted to communicate my ideas and when you're playing at a lot… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
I didn't know who was on the team, but I saw every eye as I walked down the aisle. It looked like… — Al Kaline Copy Share Image
I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the… — Dee Dee Ramone Copy Share Image
There's a lot of spirituality and hope in our music that I think people are catching on to. It's not punk, it's… — Ed Kowalczyk Copy Share Image
As long as bands are still out there slaving away in the garage and putting out their own records and just pushing… — Milo Aukerman Copy Share Image
There are people who take on different objectives and missions in life. When you grow older, there's a a void - and… — Skepta Copy Share Image
I've never been a huge prog fan. My background is punk. My background is learning how to play a bar chord and… — Justin Broadrick Copy Share Image
People will tell me, "You're such a punk rebel," this or that, but I was not that growing up. I was actually… — Gwen Stefani Copy Share Image
My perfect day would start with a kiss from my daughter. I would drive her to school listening to our favourite punk… — Bianca Balti Copy Share Image
They wouldn't play my records on American radio because I had spiky hair. They said, 'Punk rock doesn't sell advertising, it won't… — Billy Idol Copy Share Image
I first got into music when I heard punk, and it was saying maybe it's OK if you don't live up to… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
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