Life Quote by Legs McNeil

“Punk has been portrayed as music by and for angry white males, but in its inception, it was a rebellion against all rock cliches.…

— Alice Bag

“Initially I had been attracted to punk and anarchism because I saw them as a means to make a positive change, where everyone was…

— Laura Jane Grace

The great irony was that the punks were more conservative and narrow-minded and musically bigoted that anyone else.

— Genesis P-Orridge

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

“Punk rock is very, very much like Catholicism. It gets you when you’re young, you probably hate it at some point, but it never…

— Frank Turner

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

“This new, reactionary music was called Punk. It tossed the dominant Rock culture into the garbage can. The only rule was to break the…

— Steven Blush

There's a punk-rock attitude, clearly, to 'Hated.' There's even a punk-rock attitude to 'The Hangover,' I think. We start the movie with a Glenn…

— Todd Phillips

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 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

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

“Mass movements are always so unhip. That’s what was great about punk. It was an antimovement, because there was knowledge there from the very…

— Legs McNeil