Expectations Quote by Ezra Furman

Being in a band is being punk, no matter what. You have to dedicate your life to it.

— Charlotte Caffey

Any time people are breaking outside the norm and playing something that isn't expected - that feels like punk to me.

— Tim Commerford

Punk rock was the first thing I found in my life that made me feel acceptable. The thing that got me into punk rock…

— John Porcellino

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…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

I listened to lots of other kinds of music, but punk is what allowed me to actually play music.

— John K. Samson

To me, punk rock isn't a style of music, it's something you live.

— Shavo Odadjian

Punk rock is very rebellious, of course, but it also means thinking for yourself.

— Dexter Holland

It's weird for me to try and write punk songs - I'm almost scared of it.

— Gary Jarman

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…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

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

It's very cliched to go, 'You're not punk.' We don't care if we are, and we don't care if we aren't.

— Joel Madden

Punk music is rebellious.

— Theophilus London