Punk Quotes
453 quotes by 291 authors
-
It's funny how the hippies and the punks tried to get rid of the conservatives, but they always seem to get the upper hand in…
— Bjork
-
When I met Apple, I made it very clear that I am an old punk and I have never done commercials or been sponsored. And…
— Bjork
-
In the end, punk inevitably burned itself out and acted as a bridge across which the New Romantics could sashay in their chiffon and glossy…
— Jo Brand
-
Punk allowed women to stop looking feminine. Oh, the relief.
— Jo Brand
-
I'm not an anarchist any more. I still love the Sex Pistols, but I don't want to be a punk rocker all the time, but…
— Nicolas Cage
-
Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style.
— David Byrne
-
I remember at 16 years old, growing up in Queens, we were punks, but hey, when we went to the theater, we wore a shirt…
— James Caan
-
I got all A's and was hated for it; I spoke correctly and was called a punk.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
-
Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world,…
— Kurt Cobain
-
Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock.
— Kurt Cobain
-
I wanted to be in a punk band before I had even heard any punk music.
— Kurt Cobain
-
Looking back on the production of 'Nevermind,' I'm embarrassed by it now. It's closer to a Motley Crue record than it is a punk rock…
— Kurt Cobain
-
While the behavior of the Russian government, Putin and Putin punks are abhorrent, nothing will be changed by boycotting the Sochi Winter Games. In fact,…
— David Mixner
-
To love one child and to love all children, whether living or dead -somewhere these two loves come together. To love a no-good but humble…
— Marguerite Duras
-
I thought, man, if you could run 100 miles, you'd be in this Zen state. You'd be the f**king Buddha. Bringing peace and a smile…
— Jenn Shelton
-
Rap actually comes out of punk rock, not black music.
— Stanley Crouch
-
Ray Lewis knifed through those offensive linemen like a sucker-punch switchblade slicing between the ribs of some inebriated trash-talking punk outside a sports bar.
— Dennis Miller
-
When I was very young, biology, the diversity of life, was one of my main interests. I know there's this image people have that I'm…
— Leonardo DiCaprio
-
The American ideal of sexuality appears to be rooted in the American ideal of masculinity. This idea has created cowboys and Indians, good guys and…
— James A. Baldwin
-
It's all magic to me. Country to punk rock, all of it. Chopin to Kurt Cobain. But it always all comes back to punk for…
— James Marsters
Who Wrote These Punk Quotes
291 authors contributed a total of 453 Punk Quotes, led by these top contributors: