Punk Quotes

453 quotes by 304 authors

I don't miss anything ever. Because to me, missing something is like going backward a little bit. I don't miss being in a punk band.… — Fred Armisen
Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality. — Billie Joe Armstrong
Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle. — Billie Joe Armstrong
A punk concert isn't fun without a pit. — Billie Joe Armstrong
Punk will never be dead to me. It's my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me. — Billie Joe Armstrong
There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all about.… — Billie Joe Armstrong
I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football. — Billie Joe Armstrong
For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'. — Billie Joe Armstrong
The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don't think what you're doing is punk rock. — Billie Joe Armstrong
A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It's below the radar. The beauty of it is that you're not… — Billie Joe Armstrong
A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing. — Travis Barker
I can play punk rock, and I love playing punk rock, but I was into every other style of music before I played punk rock. — Travis Barker
But there's actually a lot of punk bands out there that go out of the norm, use odd time signatures, or a lot of different… — Travis Barker
I listened a little to punk when I was younger, but it was straight edge punk. It was nothing like what is going on now,… — Travis Barker
GN'R was five guys who were all into different things. I liked pop and disco, Izzy was into New York rock, Slash loved Aerosmith and… — Steven Adler
Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it. — Jello Biafra
Punk was originally about creating new, important, energetic music that would hopefully threaten the status quo and the stupidity of the 1970s. — Jello Biafra
I think that what's perceived as punk out in shopping malls or in chain stores or on MTV has almost nothing to do with what… — Jello Biafra
The last true punk band to get a major label contract was The Dickies. — Jello Biafra
The jury had down right contempt for punk rock grass roots ethics. — Jello Biafra

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