Challenges Quote by Kathleen Hanna

Punk and all that was just an image that ripped people off. Johnny Rotten's a wanker, and that's all there is to it.

— Brian Johnson

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

— Billie Joe Armstrong

People perceive punk rock in the sense of Sid Vicious, all strung-out, crazy and insane.

— Hayley Williams

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

There is something familial about punk. There is something positive. Even though some punk is destructive, nihilistic, explosive.

— Julien Baker

Punk rock is being honest, believing in yourself and doing what you gotta do. That's all.

— Marky Ramone

When punk began to be a genre, people were going to go out and try to mine it. Some of the better groups, like…

— Iggy Pop

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 like not about the style, its about the music!

— Avril Lavigne

Punk rock isn't something you grow out of Punk rock is an attitude, and the essence of that attitude is 'give us some truth'

— Joe Strummer

Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it.

— Jello Biafra

Punk is always something that's going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point.

— Billie Joe Armstrong