Punk Quotes · Page 3

“Fashion is never wrong.”

— Malcolm McLaren

Rise against a band

— Anonymous

Don't punk out and don't quit.

— Ben Horowitz

All punk rockers hate Christmas.

— Rhys Ifans

“Since Punk, no-one is certain what garbage might not become gold”

— Ben Watson

I was actually late to the punk movement because I was too young.

— Fred Armisen

Doom was one of my favorite crusty punk bands.

— Max Cavalera

I was really into punk when I was about 14.

— Ian Brown

I was just a punk-rock kid who never played acoustic guitar.

— Dave Pirner

It's a good time to be CM Punk right now.

— CM Punk

I think CM Punk is a hell of an in-ring performer.

— Terry Funk

To me, punk rock isn't a style of music, it's something you live.

— Shavo Odadjian

“Hardcore without punk isn't music, it's a genre of porn. And punk isn't a genre of music, it’s a thought process.”

— Dominic Owen Mallary

I started an all-girl punk band when I was 14, and I was the drummer, not the singer.

— Bjork

Is punk dressing up in leather jackets? No. It's having a counter-cultural perspective.

— Ben Hopkins

Teachers didn't like me very much. They thought I was just this punk kid and they always wanted to kick me out.

— Clea DuVall

I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who it is I am - if that defines a punk, then…

— Andre Agassi

You can mix and match, depending on your own mood, whether you want your look of the day to be casual, cool,…

— Liu Wen

(Punk rock is) lunging after some glimpse of a new and better world.

— Lester Bangs

By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso.

— Robert Quine

Punk was such an exciting time because there were no rules. You could go and knock on Sun Ra's door - and…

— Viv Albertine

I pretty much grew up when punk was big in the UK. The Sex Pistols were heroes for me. I used to…

— Gavin Rossdale

Portland is a place where you can find a community as a feminist, a vegan or a fat activist. Artists, musicians, knitters,…

— Beth Ditto

I was the only punk rocker at my high school. And there were at least a handful of black kids who liked…

— Rick Rubin

From dancing around to Michael Jackson and Madonna as a kid to having my mind blown by the first sounds of punk…

— Carrie Brownstein

A few years back, when my style was 'punk grandma,' I picked up an amazing pair of sandals - orthopaedic ones, with…

— Beth Ditto

I always expect there to be a new counter-culture coming up, something that would make punk look as ridiculous as punk made…

— Grant Hart

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

In general, we like to play as a band - guitar, piano, and voice. We also tour with a bass player, a…

— Andrew Dost

I grew up listening to everything. I was in rock n' roll bands and punk bands, and I loved bluegrass and country…

— Sturgill Simpson

I live in Nashville, and I don't know how many people there would call me country. I really started in punk and…

— Caitlin Rose

Punk-rock gave music back to people. For a long time, when I was very young, I went to go see arena rock…

— Henry Rollins

All the other rappers around me aren't saying anything worthwhile. They're lost in rap: all they do is tell you they're a…

— Skepta

Sometimes, if you want to be happy, you've got to run away to Bath and marry a punk rocker. Sometimes you've got…

— Julie Powell

With Punk, I consider him to be like a brother to me. He's one of the guys who took me under his…

— Kofi Kingston

I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this…

— Clint Eastwood

Punk gave us an engine and it taught us to be self-fulfilling.

— Andi Oliver

Since we began Daft Punk we go from surprise to surprise.

— Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo

Punk is just as much a form of folk music as anything is!

— Michelle Shocked

I felt that when punk came out, it was overlooked.

— Marky Ramone