Different Quote by Billy Bragg

I remember being really young - being 13 or 14 - when I first was really excited about punk rock as an idea, and…

— Laura Jane Grace

I was really into punk when I was about 14.

— Ian Brown

In many ways, I have no idea what would have become of me if punk hadn't happened, because the '70s turned out to be…

— Jello Biafra

Punk changed everything. It blew away all the dull, pompous stuff that happened before, like glam rock. Kids were getting involved in causes like…

— Keith Allen

I was about 16 when punk started to happen. It was so exciting. You had a social depression going on in the U.K. There…

— Boy George

Overnight, punk had become as stupid as everything else. This wonderful vital force that was articulated by the music was really about corrupting every…

— Legs McNeil

I mean, in 1979 I was seven. I do remember punk, though, as a playground phenomenon, and remember that it was exciting to us.…

— Quentin S. Crisp

Punk was more based on social change than on music, so it didn't bother me too much. It wasn't really a musical threat.

— Steve Winwood

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

— Fred Armisen

By the time I was 18, I had absorbed punk rock from America, Britain, and the West Coast. All of it was so dark…

— Michael Stipe

I was a punk when I was 15 - I was definitely into it in a big way and loved it - but I…

— Neneh Cherry

In the early days, myself and my friends were into punk because we had no money, just very basic instruments and skills. It was…

— Alison Moyet