Cutting Quote by John Lydon

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

— Mike Watt

You know there was always a confusion that punk was a style of music.

— Mike Watt

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

Punk is like not about the style, its about the music!

— Avril Lavigne

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

I don't think punk fashion is a specter or overemphasized - it made a big impression, as there had never been anything like it…

— Vivienne Westwood

Punk to me was a form of free speech. It was a moment when suddenly all kinds of strange voices that no reasonable person…

— Greil Marcus

My aim was to dismantle this false history that men created punk, because they didn't. And they were certainly never the best at it.

— Hunx

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 think 'punk' should really be defined as paving your own way creatively and by defying any sort of orthodoxy or commercial pressure.

— Shepard Fairey

There are characters in [punk] that do deliberately go as far as they can in certain kind of taboo areas.

— Richard Hell

When punk started, it wasn't subtle.

— Toyah Willcox