Always Quote by Lemmy

The one thing I got right was that I already looked like a punk when punk arrived.

— John Cooper Clarke

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

We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing. Some of the punks…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

I turned to punk because I didn't fit in anywhere else.

— Laura Jane Grace

In the early days, myself and my friends were into punk because we had no money, just very basic instruments and skills. It was…

— Alison Moyet

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

Punk was never about one particular clean-cut imagery... it's about many, many individuals coming very loosely together.

— John Lydon

'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.

— Patrick Stump

I hated everything but punk for a long time.

— Harry Enfield

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

— Mike Watt

When someone asks you, 'What's punk?' my reply is, 'If you have to ask, you're never going to know.'

— Henry Rollins

It's very cliched to go, 'You're not punk.' We don't care if we are, and we don't care if we aren't.

— Joel Madden