Advance Quote by Greg Graffin

Ideologically, the pursuit of science is not that different from the ideology that goes into punk rock. The idea of challenging authority is consistent…

— Greg Graffin

I think 'punk' should really be defined as paving your own way creatively and by defying any sort of orthodoxy or commercial pressure.

— Shepard Fairey

Science is very vibrant. There are always new observations to be found. And it's all in the interest in challenging the authority that came…

— 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.…

— Greg Graffin

What people don't understand is when punk started it was so innocent and not aware of being looked at or being a phenomenon and…

— Siouxsie Sioux

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

— Jello Biafra

PUNK IS: the personal expression of uniqueness that comes from the experiences of growing up in touch with our human ability to reason and…

— Greg Graffin

Punk to me is about fighting for something your passionate about.

— Adore Delano

It’s a similar feeling from being in a community of punk rockers as a teenager and the feeling I still get today when I’m…

— Greg Graffin

People ask me: ‘What is punk? How do you define punk?' Here's how I define punk: It's a free space. It could be called…

— Ian MacKaye

'Punk rock' is a word used by dilettantes and heartless manipulators about music that takes up the energies, the bodies, the hearts, the souls,…

— Iggy Pop

My aim was to dismantle this false history that men created punk, because they didn't. And they were certainly never the best at it.

— Hunx