Band Quote by Dean Wareham

It's hard to imagine the whole punk movement without The Velvet Underground. I toured with them when they did their reunion tour, and no…

— Dean Wareham

I think more people wanted to sound like the Ramones than The Velvet Underground. So many bands try to imitate us. Anywhere I go…

— Marky Ramone

I like Velvet Underground, but I was never really hardcore into them. I like them, and I like Nico, but I won't front like…

— Eric Andre

I love the Velvet Underground, bro.

— Scarface

The Velvet Underground is probably the best band that's ever existed, assuredly the best American one.

— Ezra Furman

Punk rock, when I was a part of it, was called 'the underground.' There was something very attractive in all the hidden places, the…

— Mary Harron

I do a cover of a Velvet Underground song, and they were one of the most important bands, for me.

— Martin Gore

Punk hadn't even begun when The Runaways started, at least not in the US. We had our own sound, straight up glam rock.

— Cherie Currie

Not many people bought Velvet Underground LPs, but those who did, started a band.

— Brian Eno

I was not a punk rocker, absolutely not, but I certainly knew quite a lot of them, and I definitely went to the Mab…

— Jennifer Egan

I didn't really see the British punk movement, if that's what it was, as wildly original, because I had been listening so intently to…

— Anonymous

I like their darkness but I also like the pop-side of the Velvet Underground.

— Martin Gore