No one ever really talks about the punk-rock involvement in hip-hop, which influenced Afrika Bambaata. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I'm very true to the old punk ethics of honesty and truthfulness and integrity... and still be authentic. — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
The intention behind 'Prone!' was to make a punk song with no instruments. — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
In fact, punk rock means exemplary manners to your fellow human beings. — Joe Strummer Copy Share Image
People can have their punk ideals, but I don't really care about that kind of thing. — Kurt Vile Copy Share Image
People seem to think that folk music is people with acoustic guitars. Or punk music is people with mohawks, leather jackets. — Avey Tare Copy Share Image
Disco told audiences to dance, while punk told them to be anything but passive. The artists didn't mind; in fact, they encouraged… — Elizabeth Flock Copy Share Image
The craziest thing about it, I used to hate fighting, but you had to show how tough you was; you had to… — Deontay Wilder 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
I was into punk, but I didn't go whole-hog. A lot of kids who grew up in small towns that were into… — Daughn Gibson Copy Share Image
Everybody wasn't always wasted. Why is punk rock about getting wasted? Isn't it punk rock to be sober and change the world?… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
If you want to play a cool punk club, that's great - but punk clubs don't have any toilet seats. After a… — Joe Casey Copy Share Image
My biggest influences were 1980s punk and metal. Metallica were my biggest influence because they were good at everything - riffs, energy… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I think, in the early years, my biggest influences would have been... Daft Punk was a huge one for me, I bought… — Flume Copy Share Image
When you break it all down, my punk rock is my dad's blues. It's music from the underground, and it's real, and… — Frank Iero Copy Share Image
I went to a fancy dress party as a punk. I went through a stage of being a wannabe punk from the… — Georgia Groome Copy Share Image
In high school I was in a band called Goodfight, but it was more me running around on stage. It was very… — Angel Olsen Copy Share Image
With the single crossing over to pop radio, it's bringing out new people to the shows. We've got all our metal kids… — Jacoby Shaddix Copy Share Image
In many ways, I have no idea what would have become of me if punk hadn't happened, because the '70s turned out… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
I sometimes feel a bit embarrassed to play guitar. There's something - I don't want to sound ungrateful - but there's something… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
I really liked punk music and experimental music that my brother was taking me to go see in the city, when I… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
I lot of people remember when that kid spray-painted my brand new Porsche for Punk'd. That was pretty funny. He got me… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
I have always been drawn to designing fashions that are rebellious, like black leather jackets on suburban kinds, a corset dress, punk,… — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
I'm not allowed to wear my street clothes on TV because Vince McMahon says I don't look like CM Punk when I'm… — CM Punk Copy Share Image
I formed a band when I was about 13, and we all listened to punk - or what we thought was punk! — Tim Gane Copy Share Image
I never thought of us as a punk band, a metal band, or a new wave band. Just as a band band. — Angus Young Copy Share Image
We certainly are proud of our punk-rock heritage, but when people who like other kinds of music are into your band, it's… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
Doing drag in a male-dominant culture is an act of treason. It's the most punk-rock thing you can do. — RuPaul Copy Share Image
Most of the people who call me a sellout were 7 when I was down face-first in the punk trenches. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Punk rock will never die, until something more dangerous replaces it. — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
Any time people are breaking outside the norm and playing something that isn't expected - that feels like punk to me. — Tim Commerford Copy Share Image
People called me the godmother of punk, but I never name myself anything. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
