Comedy Quote by Keith Allen

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

I think one of the most important things punk brought back was the whole concept of staying independent and doing things yourself. It made…

— Jello Biafra

A lot of people [in the U.S.] used to say punk really didn't change anything, but I think it did. It was an intangible…

— Steve Diggle

By the time I was 19, punk had occurred. It had a completely different cultural dynamic to it which rejected everything and started again…

— Billy Bragg

I guess, for me, what started me getting real excited about music was the New York punk and new-wave scene. All those bands looked…

— Dean Wareham

Punk was sort of an angry stance against things that had happened just before, against the pop of glam rock, against progressive rock. Music…

— Gary Kemp

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 don't think that the punk sound really became the punk sound until much later. The punk era wasn't really just one musical sound.…

— Debbie Harry

In many ways, I have no idea what would have become of me if punk hadn't happened, because the '70s turned out to be…

— Jello Biafra

Punk helped musical fringes get attention. Stuff like Nirvana could never have happened without it.

— Toyah Willcox

Punk was originally about creating new, important, energetic music that would hopefully threaten the status quo and the stupidity of the 1970s.

— Jello Biafra

It's really hard to imagine there ever being the kind of impact there was when punk rock happened in the late 70's. I wish…

— Penelope Spheeris