Myself Quote by Ezra Furman

One thing that really attracted me to punk was the DIY aspect. And the fact that, since I was a nerd, I was like…

— Milo Aukerman

By the time I was 18, I had absorbed punk rock from America, Britain, and the West Coast. All of it was so dark…

— Michael Stipe

I was really into punk when I was about 14.

— Ian Brown

I was into punk, but I didn't go whole-hog. A lot of kids who grew up in small towns that were into punk music…

— Daughn Gibson

I was the only punk rocker at my high school. And there were at least a handful of black kids who liked hip-hop. Both…

— Rick Rubin

I was a nerdy punk-rock kid.

— Mike D

I will always consider myself a punk because of those experiences in high school. It will always be a part of me.

— Fred Armisen

In the early days, myself and my friends were into punk because we had no money, just very basic instruments and skills. It was…

— Alison Moyet

I remember being really young - being 13 or 14 - when I first was really excited about punk rock as an idea, and…

— Laura Jane Grace

I was really into punk. I was 11 years old; I had a blue mohican.

— Ben Lovett

I still think of myself as punk, because the way I became empowered to play music is entirely due to punk bands.

— John K. Samson

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