I saw the movie Sid & Nancy. It was a pretty good movie. It didn't really make me a punk rock fan.… — George Thorogood Copy Share Image
The New York Dolls did not think of themselves as punk rock. There was no such term at the time. They were… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
We had a heroic attitude to artistic freedom, and we thought normal contracts were a bit vulgar - somehow not punk. But… — Tony Wilson Copy Share Image
'Punk rock' is a word used by dilettantes and heartless manipulators about music that takes up the energies, the bodies, the hearts,… — Iggy Pop Copy Share Image
At the time, 'Oxygene' was considered a totally 'far out' concept... What was 'in' at the time was disco, hard-rock, and the… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
To love one child and to love all children, whether living or dead -somewhere these two loves come together. To love a… — Marguerite Duras Copy Share Image
San Francisco, America's B-movie imitation of Paris. San Francisco, the city that ruined punk rock. San Francisco, the most intolerant place in… — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
I went to art school and never thought I'd be a musician, but then punk rock came along in the late 70s… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
The Grime guys have kind of rewritten the blueprint for people as far as creativity, songwriting, ownership, doing your own videos... So… — Richard Ashcroft Copy Share Image
I listened to a lot of The Stooges when I was writing "Oscillate," imagining our hero moving through his days naturally embodying… — Travis Mathews Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There were just moments of the punk scene and I realized that I had to capture it. There was also this photographer… — Jeff Vespa Copy Share Image
We were a small group of weirdos and baby punks and gays and free spirits who had to use our imaginations a… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
In the beginning, the punk scene was so full of promise. All the bands were different, and all the sounds were different.… — David Vanian Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The Rolling Stones are truly the greatest rock and roll band in the world and always will be. The last too. Everything… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
If there is a new fascism, it won't come from skinheads and punks; it will come from people who eat granola and… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I liked seventeen-year-old me, I was happy when I was seventeen. I was this troubled goth kid that wore eyeliner and make-up… — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
When I got involved in the punk scene, my notion of what a career was changed. I realized that a career in… — Rege-Jean Page Copy Share Image
People have evolved into something selfish, greedy and intolerant. People are unaccepting, because of religion, race, gender, sexual orientation... I've seen it… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
I've known a lot of people who were punkers who went on to get academic degrees. Very few of them, however, continued… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I listened a little to punk when I was younger, but it was straight edge punk. It was nothing like what is… — Travis Barker Copy Share Image
You don't need to be talented. You don't even have to play the guitar to be a guitar player in a punk-rock… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
Punk rock and straight edge will always be married together. As far as me integrating that with wrestling, I learned a lot… — CM Punk Copy Share Image
Somebody like CM Punk, who stands up and says he's completely sober - he doesn't even take a drink of champagne in… — Rob Van Dam Copy Share Image
It's true the punk fashion itself was iconographic: rips and dirt, safety pins, zips, slogans, and hairstyles. These motifs were so iconic… — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
Hit a punk in the back with a pump in the back, till he's off balance. And I'm back in the front… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
I came out of the punk era in the late Seventies. There were the Stray Cats, Matchbox and myself. I was able… — Shakin' Stevens Copy Share Image
When it comes to electronic music, I started listening to a lot of Daft Punk, way before I knew what house music… — Avicii Copy Share Image
Certain punk bands were influential because I thought, If they can do that then I can .Hanging around those bands was how… — Boy George 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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