Bands Quote by Bobcat Goldthwait

I wanted to be in a punk band before I had even heard any punk music.

— Kurt Cobain

I still think of myself as punk, because the way I became empowered to play music is entirely due to punk bands.

— John K. Samson

I formed a band when I was about 13, and we all listened to punk - or what we thought was punk!

— Tim Gane

I started an all-girl punk band when I was 14, and I was the drummer, not the singer.

— Bjork

I did perform in punk bands, but it was more about shouting and snarling than about any beautiful music. I enjoyed singing in 'The…

— Mark Strong

I was a total punk. But I was still an outcast, even with the punks and stuff.

— Chuck Mosley

I can't sing that well, but when punk-rock came along, it changed all that.

— Jim Carroll

I turned to punk because I didn't fit in anywhere else.

— Laura Jane Grace

I certainly didn't want to be in a punk rock band, because I had already been in a punk rock band. I wanted to…

— Jeff Ament

I was in bands many years ago, so that's where it started. I played in bands, sang backing vocals and all the rest of…

— Adrian Dunbar

I was into punk, but I didn't go whole-hog. A lot of kids who grew up in small towns that were into punk music…

— Daughn Gibson

When all my friends were into punk, I'd be singing versions of soul ballads. I thought, 'Oh my God, I don't want them to…

— Lisa Stansfield