Able Quote by Joe Armstrong

Punk rock isn't supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things from getting…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don't think what you're doing is punk…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

I first got into music when I heard punk, and it was saying maybe it's OK if you don't live up to the expectations…

— Ezra Furman

There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Being in a band is being punk, no matter what. You have to dedicate your life to it.

— Charlotte Caffey

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

— Mike Oldfield

Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

I think that what's perceived as punk out in shopping malls or in chain stores or on MTV has almost nothing to do with…

— Jello Biafra

Music never leaves you alone, and punk rock will always be there when nothing else will,

— Pete Wentz

As long as bands are still out there slaving away in the garage and putting out their own records and just pushing the envelope…

— Milo Aukerman

I suppose it would be really alarming to an artist to play in a concert and see everybody just watching.

— John Hughes