All kinds Quote by Greil Marcus

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

Punk is not really a style of music. It was more like a state of mind.

— Mike Watt

Punk is the way of those who are unable to express themselves, but they aren't dangerous; at worst, they may kill their audience.

— Mike Oldfield

I've always thought that "punk" wasn't really a genre. My band started in Olympia where K Records was and K Records put out music…

— Kathleen Hanna

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 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 was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style.

— David Byrne

Punk was sort of an angry stance against things that had happened just before, against the pop of glam rock, against progressive rock. Music…

— Gary Kemp

Punk is just like any other sub culture or music. Straight rock music has those elements. I grew up in a place where the…

— Justin Sane

I don't think that the punk sound really became the punk sound until much later. The punk era wasn't really just one musical sound.…

— Debbie Harry