Age Quote by Craig Ferguson

Punk was more based on social change than on music, so it didn't bother me too much. It wasn't really a musical threat.

— Steve Winwood

Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool.

— Malcolm Mclaren

A lot of people [in the U.S.] used to say punk really didn't change anything, but I think it did. It was an intangible…

— Steve Diggle

Punk was originally about creating new, important, energetic music that would hopefully threaten the status quo and the stupidity of the 1970s.

— Jello Biafra

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

Overnight, punk had become as stupid as everything else. This wonderful vital force that was articulated by the music was really about corrupting every…

— Legs McNeil

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,…

— James Surowiecki

There is something familial about punk. There is something positive. Even though some punk is destructive, nihilistic, explosive.

— Julien Baker

“Punk has been portrayed as music by and for angry white males, but in its inception, it was a rebellion against all rock cliches.…

— Alice Bag

I don't think that the punk sound really became the punk sound until much later. The punk era wasn't really just one musical sound.…

— Debbie Harry

It's really hard to imagine there ever being the kind of impact there was when punk rock happened in the late 70's. I wish…

— Penelope Spheeris

I admired punk because I came from a violent band as well. Especially in the first four or five years, we were very aggressive…

— Bill Ward