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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

Overnight, punk had become as stupid as everything else. This wonderful vital force that was articulated by the music was really about corrupting every…

— Legs McNeil

When punk began to be a genre, people were going to go out and try to mine it. Some of the better groups, like…

— Iggy Pop

People always said that I hated punk, and that really wasn't true. It was glossed over for many years that I was the guy…

— Rick Wakeman

Punk was never about one particular clean-cut imagery... it's about many, many individuals coming very loosely together.

— John Lydon

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

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

— Jello Biafra

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

“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

In many ways, I have no idea what would have become of me if punk hadn't happened, because the '70s turned out to be…

— Jello Biafra

The only punk that I really care about and am an expert on is the original punk of 1976 to 1979.

— Martin Popoff

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