Badges Quote by Boy George

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

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

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

The punk era, at its best, celebrated questioning the norm and the promotion of originality. Both concepts have always resonated with me.

— Prabal Gurung

I was part of punk's second generation, so, not the first wave of '70s punk, but the American hardcore scene. I had a really…

— Bucky Pope

It was an important period for us, because even though we weren't a "punk band", and what became a model for a punk band,…

— Stephen Mallinder

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

— Neneh Cherry

I was about 16 when punk started to happen... It felt like you had this naive idea that you could change things just by…

— Boy George

Punk was a protest against work and against boredom. It was a sign of life, a rant, a scream, a rejection of bourgeois morals.…

— Tom Hodgkinson

I think one of the most important things punk brought back was the whole concept of staying independent and doing things yourself. It made…

— Jello Biafra

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

By the time I was 19, punk had occurred. It had a completely different cultural dynamic to it which rejected everything and started again…

— Billy Bragg