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To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist… — Barack Obama
The problem is we moved to LA... The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican. — Trey Parker
I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock.… — Dee Dee Ramone
The first time that I came to New York to work properly was the mid-'80s, but I was doing eight shows a week. You have… — Alan Rickman
Thank you for the music, Sleater-Kinney. This gang of three was the best American punk rock band ever. Ever. — Rob Sheffield
To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's… — Patti Smith
Punk rock has never really had much patience with musical virtuosity. Actually, it'd be more accurate to say that for most of its history, punk… — James Surowiecki
I was the first person to have a punk rock hairstyle. — Vivienne Westwood
Triple 6 Mafia and Mystikal in Atlanta was one of my first shows. I remember how sweaty and smashed up everybody was, and it was… — Yelawolf
I loved Riot Grrl. Not only was it a punk rock revolution, but it meant you could get dressed for a night out for less… — Caitlin Moran
After all this time I found that the novel is in fact punk rock. — Craig Ferguson
Being in love is totally punk rock. — Joey Comeau
I’m in a band. I don’t go to church every Sunday. I love punk rock music. Sometimes I use swear words a lot. I respect… — Hayley Williams
Punk rock should mean freedom, liking and excepting anything that you like. Playing whatever you want. As sloppy as you want. As long as it's… — Kurt Cobain
Ideologically, the pursuit of science is not that different from the ideology that goes into punk rock. The idea of challenging authority is consistent with… — Greg Graffin
When I was a teenager, science meshed with my developing ideals - such as the challenge to authority that was central to punk rock. In… — Greg Graffin
I came up playing in both punk rock bands and hip-hop bands, and I found a more universal way of reaching people, especially with music… — Michael Franti
Questioning anything and everything, to me, is punk rock. — Henry Rollins
The Ruts were a great punk rock band from England whose songs were as excellent as their time together was short. — Henry Rollins
I started playing guitar at, like, 12 or 13 and just rock bands mostly. I had a punk rock band and hard core bands and… — Oscar Isaac
If I do a certain number of ads, I have to do a personal project in between, just for my own sanity. I still consider… — Unknown Author
Punk rock is very rebellious, of course, but it also means thinking for yourself. — Dexter Holland
I was just a punk-rock kid who never played acoustic guitar. — Dave Pirner
I enjoy everything. I actually do listen to everything. In high school, I listened to a lot of metal and punk rock. — Tim Schafer
The New York Dolls did not think of themselves as punk rock. There was no such term at the time. They were just another band… — Todd Rundgren

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