Challenges Quote by Greg Graffin

Punk is no longer a subculture or a counterculture in any way. It's totally just a small reflecting mirror for the same things that…

— Geoff Rickly

The punk era, at its best, celebrated questioning the norm and the promotion of originality. Both concepts have always resonated with me.

— Prabal Gurung

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

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

— Adore Delano

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

Punk was a very liberating force.

— Jim Kerr

“Punk is an attitude. Hardcore is a lifestyle. the first seeks to subvert society. The second aims to live outside of it.”

— Everett True

I think that clearly it has an influence, to be coming of age during the punk rock era, to come from a difficult and…

— Craig Ferguson

I always said punk was an attitude. It was never about having a Mohican haircut or wearing a ripped T-shirt. It was all about…

— Malcolm Mclaren

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

“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 thought that punk in its original state was a revolutionary movement. But like surrealism, it failed in its revolutionary attempt.

— Alex Cox