Absolutely Quote by Jennifer Egan

I was a punk when I was 15 - I was definitely into it in a big way and loved it - but I…

— Neneh Cherry

My vision of punk rock was these dudes who were spitting on the audience and moshing. That's why I kind of left that scene.…

— Kathleen Hanna

I was into punk, but I didn't go whole-hog. A lot of kids who grew up in small towns that were into punk music…

— Daughn Gibson

I was a total punk. But I was still an outcast, even with the punks and stuff.

— Chuck Mosley

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

— Gary Oldman

I did perform in punk bands, but it was more about shouting and snarling than about any beautiful music. I enjoyed singing in 'The…

— Mark Strong

My exposure to independent music was via Nirvana and grunge so I'd never gotten into punk. I don't really like that music of Crass,…

— Phil Elverum

I was the only punk rocker at my high school. And there were at least a handful of black kids who liked hip-hop. Both…

— Rick Rubin

I was really into punk rock but also into musical theater.

— Michelle Visage

I was always into punk, ever since I was 13, but I was into other stuff, too - like, well, the Spice Girls. I…

— Alice Dellal

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 can be a mental ghetto. People get into it and make all these rules and pretty soon they're worse than born again Christians…

— Jesse Michaels