Connections Quote by Ani DiFranco

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

— Michelle Shocked

People seem to think that folk music is people with acoustic guitars. Or punk music is people with mohawks, leather jackets.

— Avey Tare

I would say there's a lot of similarity between folk and punk. It's written for the common man.

— Greg Graffin

Punk is just like any other sub culture or music. Straight rock music has those elements. I grew up in a place where the…

— Justin Sane

I've always thought that "punk" wasn't really a genre. My band started in Olympia where K Records was and K Records put out music…

— Kathleen Hanna

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

— Shavo Odadjian

Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

I listened to lots of other kinds of music, but punk is what allowed me to actually play music.

— John K. Samson

You know there was always a confusion that punk was a style of music.

— Mike Watt

Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style.

— David Byrne

Punk is an attitude, not a genre, age group, or time period. What's interesting is trying to define the blues and punk in different…

— Jack White

Hip-hop and R&B is mostly what I listen to. I don't have a connection with punk rock - I just never had that experience.

— Cat Power