Connections Quote by Cat Power

I listened to lots of other kinds of music, but punk is what allowed me to actually play music.

— John K. Samson

Punk is just like any other sub culture or music. Straight rock music has those elements. I grew up in a place where the…

— Justin Sane

I've always loved punk music, since I was in my early teens, since middle school.

— Anton Yelchin

Well I listened to mostly rock music, and I felt like hip hop was like an extension of rock music when it was done…

— Rick Rubin

I am genuinely into soul, R&B and hip hop - all these genres that get slapped under the 'soul' genre. That spoke to me…

— Patrick Stump

There are all the offsprings of people who are influenced by punk. It sounds completely different - but it's still rock 'n' roll. When…

— El-P

A lot of punk rock. I listen to various stuff just cuz my friends now listen to a lot of different bands. I listen…

— Cassie Steele

Punk rock should mean freedom, liking and excepting anything that you like. Playing whatever you want. As sloppy as you want. As long as…

— Kurt Cobain

When I listen to most forms of music, in their most raw and pure, it all has a punk edge to me, like Lead…

— Langhorne Slim

To me, punk rock isn't a style of music, it's something you live.

— Shavo Odadjian

When I was growing up, I really liked punk rock. I liked the sort of people that played really powerful music that was pretty…

— Doug Martsch

I still think punk's around. It's been pushed into the mainstream and it gets harder to draw that line between what's pop and what's…

— Milo Aukerman