Definitions Quote by Ian MacKaye

It was an important period for us, because even though we weren't a "punk band", and what became a model for a punk band,…

— Stephen Mallinder

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

I think one of the most important things punk brought back was the whole concept of staying independent and doing things yourself. It made…

— Jello Biafra

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

— Gary Kemp

A lot of people [in the U.S.] used to say punk really didn't change anything, but I think it did. It was an intangible…

— Steve Diggle

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

— Mike Watt

Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style.

— David Byrne

When that punk strain came to Britain and infected everyone. It was more than just a sound. There was an ethos, an ethic that…

— Jim Kerr

I didn't really see the British punk movement, if that's what it was, as wildly original, because I had been listening so intently to…

— Anonymous

I guess, for me, what started me getting real excited about music was the New York punk and new-wave scene. All those bands looked…

— Dean Wareham

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