Art Quote by Joshua Mohr

When punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical.

— Nick Lowe

The first music I heard that made me put away my comic books and make music was original punk.

— Mark Lanegan

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

— Michelle Visage

Music has influenced everything from my tattooing to how I talk to how I walk, I guess. I was classically trained in piano since…

— Kat Von D

The popularity of punk rock was, in effect, due to the fact that it made ugliness beautiful.

— Malcolm Mclaren

I still think of myself as punk, because the way I became empowered to play music is entirely due to punk bands.

— John K. Samson

I wanted to rewrite how rock music was perceived.

— David Bowie

The music industry went through such a strange stretch in 1977, especially in this country, with the whole punk rock thing coming about. Punk…

— Steve Winwood

I always had influences musically with punk, and then growing up, I dyed my hair every color. I did the dip-dye blue, before anybody…

— Leigh Lezark

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

I can play punk rock, and I love playing punk rock, but I was into every other style of music before I played punk…

— Travis Barker

My music doesn't sound punk, but I see it as a punk action.

— Frankie Cosmos