Attitude Quote by Billy Idol

I think 'punk' should really be defined as paving your own way creatively and by defying any sort of orthodoxy or commercial pressure.

— Shepard Fairey

A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing.

— Travis Barker

I think punk rock needs an 'Amadeus.'

— John Ross Bowie

I think punk rock, especially for me, was a big middle finger to this whole talent thing.

— Mike Watt

The New York Dolls did not think of themselves as punk rock. There was no such term at the time. They were just another…

— Todd Rundgren

I stop and think what they call "punk rock" today...give me a break! Let me know when they can walk in the vapor trail…

— Ted Nugent

I never thought of punk rock as the absolute act of rebellion for the sake of rebellion. There's a lot of that in there,…

— Mark Hoppus

A lot of people [in the U.S.] used to say punk really didn't change anything, but I think it did. It was an intangible…

— Steve Diggle

The freedom of punk really appealed to me because I came from the rules and regulations of studying classical piano.

— Charlotte Caffey

Hip-hop influences my talent, but I think that punk and everything else I listened to growing up was who my idols were.

— Machine Gun Kelly

When punk really started to happen, it was a reaction against the disco craze of the time.

— Anna Sui

People always said that I hated punk, and that really wasn't true. It was glossed over for many years that I was the guy…

— Rick Wakeman