Hooked Quote by Bruce Sterling

I was a suburban kid who fancied myself somehow intellectual. I was into punk rock but I couldn't get into the subcultural signifiers of…

— Ezra Furman

I will always consider myself a punk because of those experiences in high school. It will always be a part of me.

— Fred Armisen

The whole punk ethic was do-it-yourself, and I've always been very literal, especially as a kid. When they said that anybody can do this,…

— Michael Stipe

I was the only real punk rock kid in my school, with, like, the plaid pants and the Rancid t-shirt.

— Blackbear

I used to get in trouble a lot for wearing very low-cut shirts and see-through stuff with bras. And there were definitely some girls…

— Lady Gaga

I was the punk outsider who nobody messed with. I was fearless. At 16, I graduated and moved out.

— Angelina Jolie

In school, I wasn't like the cool guy who had all the new clothes and had all the girls. I felt like the world…

— Skepta

I've known a lot of people who were punkers who went on to get academic degrees. Very few of them, however, continued their active…

— Greg Graffin

There was a time in my life when I wasn't popular and accepted by kids in school. I was made fun of with braces…

— Mya

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

— Laura Jane Grace

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

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

— Prabal Gurung